يا مَنْ إِذا رُمْتُ عَنْهُ الصَّبْرَ يَمْنَعُني

يا مَنْ إِذا رُمْتُ عَنْهُ الصَّبْرَ يَمْنَعُني

شَوْقٌ يُجيبُ وَدَمْعٌ لَيْسَ يَمْتَنِعُ

شَوْقٌ يُجيبُ وَدَمْعٌ لَيْسَ يَمْتَنِعُ

O you, whenever I seek patience in your absence, I am held back

O you whom when patience escapes me

By longing that answers, and tears that will not be restrained.

Yearning answers and a tear that does not refrain

هَبْني أُخادِعُ طَرْفي عَنْ تأَمُّلِهِ

هَبْني أُخادِعُ طَرْفي عَنْ تأَمُّلِهِ

فَكَيْفَ أَخْدَعُ قَلْباً لَيْسَ يَنْخَدِعُ

فَكَيْفَ أَخْدَعُ قَلْباً لَيْسَ يَنْخَدِعُ

Suppose I trick my eye into not gazing at him—

Grant me to deceive my eyelids from contemplating him

How, then, can I deceive a heart that will not be deceived?

For how can I fool a heart that will not be fooled

اخْضَعْ إِذا عَزَّ مَنْ تَهْوى وَذِلَّ لَهُ

اخْضَعْ إِذا عَزَّ مَنْ تَهْوى وَذِلَّ لَهُ

فَودُّ أَهْلِ الهَوى أَبْقَى إِذا خَضَعُوا

فَودُّ أَهْلِ الهَوى أَبْقَى إِذا خَضَعُوا

Submit when the one you love is proud, and humble yourself before him;

Submit when he whom you love becomes dear and humble yourself to him

For lovers’ affection lasts longer when they submit.

For the affection of the people of passion lasts when they submit