إنَّindeed المَودَّةَaffection حَدُّهاits definition
إنَّ المَودَّةَ حَدُّها
مِنfrom غَيرِother than نَقْصٍdiminution أوor زِيادَهْincrease
مِن غَيرِ نَقْصٍ أو زِيادَهْ
Indeed, affection's definition,
The limit of affection
with neither diminution nor increase,
Is without decrease or increase
عِقدٌa necklace منof الآمالِthe hopes والآand the life- (word continues)
عِقدٌ من الآمالِ والآ
جالِ-spans (completing 'lifespans') تنظِمُهُstrings it together القِلادَهْthe necklace
جالِ تنظِمُهُ القِلادَهْ
is a strand of hopes and life-
A necklace of hopes and eras
spans, which the necklace strings together.
Regulated by the thread