رُوَيدك أيها القلب

فقد أودى بك الحبّ

Slow down, oh my heart

For love has led you astray

وقد أصبحت لا تسلو

فلو أمسيت لا تصبو

And you can no longer be consoled

If only you wouldn't overflow tonight

وبين القلب والعين

سجالا كانت الحرب

For between the heart and the eyes

Was a war of words

فتذكيه ويبكيها

لعمرك إنه خطب

It reminds him and makes her cry

For heaven's sake it's trouble

لقد أسرفت في حبي

كذلك يفعل للصب

I have been excessive in my love

As the youth tends to be

وأصفيت الهوى حبا

له من دلّه حجب

And I purified desire into love

With one who misguided me into isolation

فمنه الصد والبعد

ومنى العفو والقربُ

So from him came indifference and distance

And from me pardon and closeness

فلو عاتبته يوما

لزاد عناده العتب

If I were to reproach him one day

His stubbornness would increase

وقد راسلته جهدى

فضاعت عنده الكتب

And though I sent him my every effort

My letters were lost to him

فصبراً أيها القلب

على ما يفعل الحبّ

So patience, oh my heart

For what love does

فكل مدلّه خلّ

وكل معشّق خبّ

For those it leads astray err

And every lover sins

فكن يا سيدي برّا

بصبّ ما له ذنبُ

So my lord be good

To one who has done no wrong

لئن ضيّعتني قلبي

فأنت الروح والقلب

If you forget me, my heart

You are the soul and the heart

وإن آثرت إبعادي

ولم يشفع لي الحب

And if you prefer to distance me

And love does not intercede for me

فإن عقابكم عدل

وإن عذابكم عذب

Then your punishment is just

And your torment sweet