ياO دُرَّةًpearl قَلبيmy heart بِهاby her مَفتونُentranced
يا دُرَّةً قَلبي بِها مَفتونُ
يَسخوgives freely وَإِنbut if سُئِلَis asked السَلوَforgetting love ضَنينُmiserly
يَسخو وَإِن سُئِلَ السَلوَ ضَنينُ
O pearl, by whom my heart is entranced!
O pearl of my heart, for which I'm infatuated
It gives freely, yet if asked to forget, it is miserly.
Generous even if asked for little, not stingy
اللَهُGod يَعلَمُknows أَنَّthat قَلبيَmy heart مُغرَمٌenamored
اللَهُ يَعلَمُ أَنَّ قَلبيَ مُغرَمٌ
مَنwhoever كانَwas ذاpossessed of صَبرٍpatience فَلَيسَthen is not يَكونُbe
مَن كانَ ذا صَبرٍ فَلَيسَ يَكونُ
God knows that my heart is enamored;
God knows my heart is lovesick
Whoever has patience is not so.
Whoever has patience wouldn't exist
أَوor أَنَّthat مَنwhoever يَشريsells رِضاكَyour favor بِفَوزِهِfor his attainment
أَو أَنَّ مَن يَشري رِضاكَ بِفَوزِهِ
بِالخُلدِof eternal life قُلناwe said إِنَّهُindeed he المَغبونُthe one cheated
بِالخُلدِ قُلنا إِنَّهُ المَغبونُ
Or that whoever trades away your favor to gain
Or whoever buys your pleasure with his triumph
Eternal life is, we would say, the one cheated.
And eternity, we say he's the cheated one