والحُبُّ لَوْلا جَوْرُهُ في حكْمِهِ

والحُبُّ لَوْلا جَوْرُهُ في حكْمِهِ

ما سَلّم الأَقْوى لأَمْرِ الأَضْعَفِ

ما سَلّم الأَقْوى لأَمْرِ الأَضْعَفِ

And love—were it not for its injustice in judgment,

Were it not for love's tyranny in its rule,

The stronger would not submit to the weaker’s command.

The stronger would not submit to the weaker's command.

لَمْ يُبْقِ لي جِسْماً ولا دَمْعاً فَقُلْ

لَمْ يُبْقِ لي جِسْماً ولا دَمْعاً فَقُلْ

في مُدْنَفٍ يَبْكي بِدَمْعِ مُدْنَفِ

في مُدْنَفٍ يَبْكي بِدَمْعِ مُدْنَفِ

It has left me neither body nor tears; so speak

It left me neither body nor tear, so say

Of one wasted by love, weeping with wasted tears.

In an elegy that weeps with the tear of an elegy.