صاحِبِ الحِبَّ صابِراً لا يَصُدَّن

صاحِبِ الحِبَّ صابِراً لا يَصُدَّن

نَكَ مِنهُ تَجَهُّمٌ وَعُبوسُ

نَكَ مِنهُ تَجَهُّمٌ وَعُبوسُ

Keep company with the beloved patiently; do not let

Be patient, o lover, and do not despair

Bear with the beloved patiently, and let not

scowling and frowning turn you away from him.

If your beloved frowns or sulks.

A sullen scowl or frowning face repel you.

وَأَقِلَّ اللَجاجَ وَاِصبِر عَلى الجَه

وَأَقِلَّ اللَجاجَ وَاِصبِر عَلى الجَه

دِ فَإِنَّ الهَوى نَعيمٌ وَبوسُ

دِ فَإِنَّ الهَوى نَعيمٌ وَبوسُ

And curb your insistence; patiently endure

Calm your frustration and endure rejection

Lessen your importunity, and endure the strain,

hardship, for love is bliss and misery.

For passion is bliss and a kiss.

For passion is composed of bliss and misery.

عَرِّضَن لِلَّذي تُحِبُّ بِحُبٍّ

عَرِّضَن لِلَّذي تُحِبُّ بِحُبٍّ

ثُمَّ دَعهُ يَروضُهُ إِبليسُ

ثُمَّ دَعهُ يَروضُهُ إِبليسُ

Give the one you love a hint of love,

Proclaim your affection to the one you love,

Hint at your love to the one you desire,

then leave him for Iblis to tame.

Then leave her to tame it, like a wild steed.

Then leave him alone—let the Devil tame him.

فَلَعَلَّ الزَمانَ يُدنيكَ مِنهُ

فَلَعَلَّ الزَمانَ يُدنيكَ مِنهُ

إِنَّ خَطبَ الهَوى جَليلٌ نَفيسُ

إِنَّ خَطبَ الهَوى جَليلٌ نَفيسُ

So perhaps time will bring you close to him.

Perhaps with time she will come closer to you,

Perhaps the course of time will bring you close,

Indeed, the affair of love is momentous and precious.

For the quest of love is grand and precious.

For the affair of love is grave and precious.