وأعجبُ من جفائك لي وعسري

وأعجبُ من جفائك لي وعسري

ويسرك وارتفاعك وانخفاضي

ويسرك وارتفاعك وانخفاضي

And more astonishing than your coldness toward me and my hardship,

More wondrous than your disdain and my hardship

And your ease, your rise, and my decline,

Is your ease, loftiness, and my lowness

سروري أن تدوم لك الليالي

سروري أن تدوم لك الليالي

بما تهوى كأني عنك راضِ

بما تهوى كأني عنك راضِ

Is my delight that the nights should go on for you

My joy is that nights last for you

As you desire, as though I were pleased with you.

With what you desire, as if I were pleased