وَيُعْجِبُني مِنْكَ الصُّدُودُ وإِنَّهُ

وَيُعْجِبُني مِنْكَ الصُّدُودُ وإِنَّهُ

لَحَتْفٌ وَلكِنْ حبَّذا بِالهَوى الحَتْفُ

لَحَتْفٌ وَلكِنْ حبَّذا بِالهَوى الحَتْفُ

And your turning away delights me, though it is

I'm fond of your aloofness, though it's perilous,

surely death—yet how welcome is death through love!

Yet peril in love is sweet and glorious.

فَواللَهِ مَا اخْتَرْتُ التَّسَتُّرَ عَنْ قِلىً

فَواللَهِ مَا اخْتَرْتُ التَّسَتُّرَ عَنْ قِلىً

وَلكِنْ حِذاراً أَنْ يَشُوبَ الهَوى خُلْفُ

وَلكِنْ حِذاراً أَنْ يَشُوبَ الهَوى خُلْفُ

For, by God, I did not choose concealment out of aversion,

By God, I chose not to conceal my passion,

but for fear that broken faith might taint love.

But to avoid disloyalty tainting our union.

شَرِبْتُ حُمَيَّا الحُبِّ صِرْفاً مُعَتَّقاً

شَرِبْتُ حُمَيَّا الحُبِّ صِرْفاً مُعَتَّقاً

فَشُرْبُ الوَرى مَزْجٌ وشُرْبي لَها صِرْفُ

فَشُرْبُ الوَرى مَزْجٌ وشُرْبي لَها صِرْفُ

I drank love’s heady wine, unmixed and aged;

I drank love's wine unmixed and aged,

so others drink a mixture, while I drink it pure.

While the world drinks diluted and assuaged.