خَلِّ الصبابة تسري في خليقتهِ

خَلِّ الصبابة تسري في خليقتهِ

والحب من سره لطف وتذليلُ

والحب من سره لطف وتذليلُ

Let ardent longing course through his very nature;

Let ardent longing flow through his nature.

among love’s mysteries are gentleness and humbling.

And part of love’s mystery is tenderness and humbling.

لعل سكرته في الحب تجذبُهُ

لعل سكرته في الحب تجذبُهُ

إلى وصالك يوماً وهو مذهولُ

إلى وصالك يوماً وهو مذهولُ

Perhaps his intoxication with love will draw him

Perhaps his intoxication with love will draw him

to union with you one day, while he is in a daze.

To union with you one day, while he is dazed.

فاصبر عليه وخل الحب ينحله

فاصبر عليه وخل الحب ينحله

جرح بجرح وما في الحب تبديلُ

جرح بجرح وما في الحب تبديلُ

So be patient with him, and let love deal him

So be patient with him, and let love wear him thin,

wound for wound—for in love there is no substitution.

Wound by wound; there is no change in love.