إِذا لَم تَكُن طُرق الهَوى لي ذَليلَةٌ

إِذا لَم تَكُن طُرق الهَوى لي ذَليلَةٌ

تَنكّبتُها وانحِزتُ لِلجانب السَهلِ

تَنكّبتُها وانحِزتُ لِلجانب السَهلِ

If love’s paths do not lie easy beneath my feet,

If the paths of love are not easy for me,

When the paths of love aren't easy for me

I shun them and turn toward the gentler way.

I turn aside from them and withdraw to the easy side.

I avoid them, preferring the simpler side

وَما ليَ أَرضى مِنهُ بِالجَور في الهوى

وَما ليَ أَرضى مِنهُ بِالجَور في الهوى

وَلي مِثلُهُ إِلفٌ وَليسَ لَهُ مِثلي

وَلي مِثلُهُ إِلفٌ وَليسَ لَهُ مِثلي

Why should I endure his injustice in love,

And why should I accept injustice from him in love,

Why should I accept injustice in love?

when I have a beloved like him, but he has none like me?

when I have a beloved like him, while he has no one like me?

I'm familiar with it, but it doesn't know me