الحبlove أولfirst ماwhen يكونit comes to be لجاجةstubborn insistence
الحب أول ما يكون لجاجة
تأتيcomes بهwith it وتسوقهand drives it الأقدارُfate
تأتي به وتسوقه الأقدارُ
Love, at its outset, is stubborn insistence;
Love, when it first begins, is tender plaint,
fate brings it and drives it on.
Brought by the Fates who guide its early stages,
حتىuntil إذاwhen اقتحمplunged into الفتىthe young man لججَdeep waters الهوىpassion
حتى إذا اقتحم الفتى لججَ الهوى
جاءتcame أمورٌmatters لاnot تُطاقcan be endured كبارgreat
جاءت أمورٌ لا تُطاق كبار
Until, when the young man plunges into passion's deep waters,
Until the youth breaks through the seas of passion—
great, unbearable troubles arise.
Then come events past bearing, hard to manage.