مِن عَادَةٍ الجَوْهَرِ الرُّسُوبُ

مِن عَادَةٍ الجَوْهَرِ الرُّسُوبُ

فَمَا لأَكْبادِنا تَذُوبُ

فَمَا لأَكْبادِنا تَذُوبُ

It is the nature of jewels to sink;

It is the nature of gems to settle,

So why do our livers melt?

Yet our hearts dissolve.

مَنْ ذَا رَأَى دُرَّةً سِوَاها

مَنْ ذَا رَأَى دُرَّةً سِوَاها

أَكْثَرُ أَصْدافِها القُلُوبُ

أَكْثَرُ أَصْدافِها القُلُوبُ

Who has seen a pearl other than her,

Who else has seen a pearl but it -

Most of whose shells are hearts?

Its shells exceed its cores.