وَما الناسُ إِلّا العاشِقونَ ذَوُو الهَوى

وَما الناسُ إِلّا العاشِقونَ ذَوُو الهَوى

وَلا خَيرَ فيمَن لا يُحِبُّ وَيَعشَقُ

وَلا خَيرَ فيمَن لا يُحِبُّ وَيَعشَقُ

And people are but lovers, possessed of passion.

And what are people but lovers possessed by passion

And there is no good in one who does not love and adore.

And there is no good in one who does not love and yearn

إِذا لُمتُها قالَت وَعَيشِكَ إِنَّنا

إِذا لُمتُها قالَت وَعَيشِكَ إِنَّنا

حِراصٌ عَلى اللُقيا وَلا نَتَفَرَّقُ

حِراصٌ عَلى اللُقيا وَلا نَتَفَرَّقُ

When I reproached her, she said, “By your life, we

When she meets me, she says, by your life, we

are eager to meet, and we do not part.

Are eager for the encounter and do not separate

فَإِن كُنتَ مُشتاقاً فَسِر نَحوَ بابِنا

فَإِن كُنتَ مُشتاقاً فَسِر نَحوَ بابِنا

فَنَحنُ إِلى ما كانَ مِن ذاكَ أَشوَقُ

فَنَحنُ إِلى ما كانَ مِن ذاكَ أَشوَقُ

So if you are longing, make your way toward our door,

So if you long, walk towards our door

for we yearn even more for what once was.”

For we yearn for what was of that more