قد براه الحبّ عن قدمه

قد براه الحبّ عن قدمه

فاباح الغرّ بالجهل دمه

فاباح الغرّ بالجهل دمه

Love has worn him down, so long has it endured.

Love has revealed his secret

So the naive one, through ignorance, made his blood lawful to shed.

So ignorance shed his blood unjustly

كتم الحبّ ليخفى فبدا

كتم الحبّ ليخفى فبدا

عن أنين الشوق ما قد كتمه

عن أنين الشوق ما قد كتمه

He concealed his love to keep it hidden, yet there emerged

Love kept it hidden to conceal

Through longing’s moans what he had concealed.

Yet his yearning moans betrayed his secret

عشق البائس يرجو فرجا

عشق البائس يرجو فرجا

صار يشكو بعد ضرّ ألمه

صار يشكو بعد ضرّ ألمه

The wretched man fell in love, hoping for relief.

The wretch in love still hopes and waits

After affliction, he began to lament his pain.

Now crying out from his pain and grief

فمتى والحبّ يقضي شططا

فمتى والحبّ يقضي شططا

ينصف المظلوم ممّن ظلمَه

ينصف المظلوم ممّن ظلمَه

So when, while love passes unjust judgments,

But when will love stop his excess

Will the wronged be granted justice against the one who wronged him?

And bring justice to the oppressed from his oppressor