وَقَفَ الهَوى بي حَيثُ أَنتِ فَليسَ لي

وَقَفَ الهَوى بي حَيثُ أَنتِ فَليسَ لي

مُتأخَّرٌ عَنهُ وَلا مُتَقدَّمُ

مُتأخَّرٌ عَنهُ وَلا مُتَقدَّمُ

Love has halted me wherever you are, and I can

Love has held me where you are; I have no

Love stood still when I saw you, I cannot

Neither lag behind it nor advance ahead.

Way back from there, nor any way forward.

Delay it or make it come sooner.

وأَهَنتِني فأَهِنتُ نَفسي جاهِداً

وأَهَنتِني فأَهِنتُ نَفسي جاهِداً

ما مَن يَهونُ عَليكِ مِمَّن يُكرَمُ

ما مَن يَهونُ عَليكِ مِمَّن يُكرَمُ

You humbled me, so I strove to humble myself:

And you humiliated me, so I earnestly humiliated myself;

You disgraced me so I disgraced myself, striving

One whom you scorn is not among those held in honor.

One who is of little worth to you is not among the honored.

Since who is disgraced by you can be honored.

أَشبَهتِ أَعدائي فَصِرتُ أُحِبُّهُم

أَشبَهتِ أَعدائي فَصِرتُ أُحِبُّهُم

إِذ كانَ حَظّي مِنكِ حظّي مِنهُمُ

إِذ كانَ حَظّي مِنكِ حظّي مِنهُمُ

You came to resemble my enemies, so I began to love them,

You resembled my enemies, so I came to love them,

You resembled my enemies so I began to love them

Since my lot from you is the same as my lot from them.

Since my lot from you was the same as my lot from them.

Since my share of you is like my share of them.

أَجِدُ المَلامةَ في هَواكِ لَذيذَةً

أَجِدُ المَلامةَ في هَواكِ لَذيذَةً

حُبّاً لِذكرِكِ فَليَلُمني اللُوَّمُ

حُبّاً لِذكرِكِ فَليَلُمني اللُوَّمُ

I find even reproach for loving you sweet,

I find reproach for loving you sweet,

I find blame for loving you is sweet

So dearly do I love your mention—let the censurers blame me.

Out of love for the mention of you—so let the reproachers reproach me.

For your memory's sake, so let blame come to me.