فَغَداso became كُلُّevery مُحبٍّlover فيin الهَوَىlove
فَغَدا كُلُّ مُحبٍّ في الهَوَى
وَلَهُand he has قَلْبٌa heart مِنَfrom الوَجْدِlonging طَعينُpierced
وَلَهُ قَلْبٌ مِنَ الوَجْدِ طَعينُ
Thus every lover in love became
So each lover in passion became
One with a heart pierced by longing.
with a heart overflowing with ardor -
ياoh لَهُto it مَعْرِكُbattlefield حَرْبٍwar عَجبٌwondrous
يا لَهُ مَعْرِكُ حَرْبٍ عَجبٌ
كُسِرتwere broken فانتصَرتْthen triumphed فيهِin it الجُفُونُthe eyelids
كُسِرت فانتصَرتْ فيهِ الجُفُونُ
What a wondrous field of battle!
Oh, what a marvelous battle it was!
In it, the eyelids were broken, yet triumphed.
Broken vows triumphed in that fray.