رضاكَyour approval شَبابٌyouth لاnot يَليهِfollows it مَشيبُgray hair
رضاكَ شَبابٌ لا يَليهِ مَشيبُ
وسُخطُكَand your displeasure داءٌan illness ليسَthere is no منهُfor it طبيبُphysician
وسُخطُكَ داءٌ ليسَ منهُ طبيبُ
Your approval is youth never followed by gray hair.
Your pleasure is a youth that knows no age
And your displeasure is an illness for which there is no physician.
And your displeasure, an illness with no cure
كأنّكَas though you منfrom كُلِّall النفوسِsouls مُرَكَّبcomposed
كأنّكَ من كُلِّ النفوسِ مُرَكَّب
فأنتَso you ليto me كُلِّall النفوسِsouls حبيبُbeloved
فأنتَ لي كُلِّ النفوسِ حبيبُ
It is as though you are composed of all souls.
You seem to me the essence of all souls
So, to me, you are the beloved of all souls.
So you are, to me, the lover of all souls