1. الحُبُّ شُعْلَةُ نورٍ ساحرٍ هَبَطَتْ

    منَ السَّماءِ فكانتْ ساطعَ الفَلَقِ

    Love is a flame of enchanting light that descended

    From heaven and became the radiance of daybreak.

  2. ومَزَّقتْ عن جفونِ الدَّهْرِ أَغْشِيَةً

    وعَنْ وُجوه اللَّيالي بُرْقُعَ الغَسَقِ

    And tore veils from the eyelids of time,

    And from the faces of the nights the veil of dusk.

  3. الحبُّ روحُ إلهيٌّ مجنَّحةٌ

    أَيَّامُهُ بضِياءِ الفَجْرِ والشَّفَقِ

    Love is a divine spirit; winged

    Are its days with the radiance of dawn and twilight.

  4. يطوفُ في هذه الدُّنيا فَيَجْعَلُها

    نجْماً جميلاً ضَحُوكاً جِدَّ مُؤْتَلِقِ

    It roams through this world and makes it

    A beautiful, laughing star, exceedingly radiant.

  5. لولاهُ مَا سُمِعتْ في الكونِ أُغنيةً

    ولا تآلَفَ في الدُّنيا بَنُو أُفُقِ

    Without it, no song would have been heard in the universe,

    Nor would the sons of one horizon have found fellowship in this world.

  6. الحبُّ جُدوَلُ خمرٍ مَنْ تَذَوَّقَهُ

    خاضَ الجحيمَ ولم يُشْفِقْ من الحَرَقِ

    Love is a stream of wine; whoever has tasted it

    Has waded into hell without fear of being burned.

  7. الحبُّ غايَةُ آمالِ الحَيَاةِ فما

    خوْفي إِذا ضَمَّني قبرٌ وما فَرَقِي

    Love is the goal of life's hopes—what, then,

    Have I to fear if a grave enfolds me, and what to dread?