اول الحب في القلوب شراره
تختفي تارة وتظهر تاره
Love begins in hearts as a spark,
hiding at one time and appearing at another.
ثم يرقى حتى يكون سراجاً
لذويه فيه هدى واناره
Then it rises until it becomes a lamp,
for those who harbor it, a source of guidance and light.
ثم يرقى حتى يكون مع ال
أيام ناراً حمراء ذات حراره
Then it rises until, as the
days pass, it becomes a red fire full of heat.
ثم يرقى حتى يكون اتونا
بحراراته تذوب الحجاره
Then it rises until it becomes a furnace;
by its heat, stones melt.
ثم يرقى حتى يكون حريقاً
فيه هلك لاهله وخساره
Then it rises until it becomes a conflagration,
where ruin and loss befall its own.
ثم يرقى حتى يمثل بركا
ناً يرى الناس من بعيد ناره
Then it rises until it takes the form of a volca—
—no, whose fire people see from afar.
ثم يرقى حتى يكون جحيما
عن تفاصيلها تضيق العباره
Then it rises until it becomes an inferno,
whose details lie beyond the compass of words.
Sol 5.6