لا تَجعَلَن أَحَداً عَلَيكَ إِذا

لا تَجعَلَن أَحَداً عَلَيكَ إِذا

أَحبَبتَهُ وَهَويتَهُ رَبّا

أَحبَبتَهُ وَهَويتَهُ رَبّا

Never set anyone over you, when

Don't make anyone who you love

You love him and are enamored of him, as a lord.

And are infatuated with a lord over you

وَصِلِ الخَليلَ إِذا شُغِفتَ بِهِ

وَصِلِ الخَليلَ إِذا شُغِفتَ بِهِ

وَاِطوِ الزِيارَةَ دونَهُ غِبّا

وَاِطوِ الزِيارَةَ دونَهُ غِبّا

And maintain ties with your friend when you are smitten with him,

Visit a dear friend when you are enthralled by him

And leave a day between your visits to him.

And make the visit to him from afar without him

فَلَذاكَ خَيرٌ مِن مُواصَلَةٍ

فَلَذاكَ خَيرٌ مِن مُواصَلَةٍ

لَيسَت تَزيدُكَ عِندَهُ قُربا

لَيسَت تَزيدُكَ عِندَهُ قُربا

For that is better than constant contact

For that is better than constant companionship

Which does not bring you closer to him.

That does not increase your closeness to him at all

لَكِن يَمَلُّ ثُمَّ تَدعو بِاِسمِهِ

لَكِن يَمَلُّ ثُمَّ تَدعو بِاِسمِهِ

فَيَقولُ هاهِ وَطالَما لَبّى

فَيَقولُ هاهِ وَطالَما لَبّى

But he grows weary; then you call him by name,

But he grows bored, then you call out his name

So he says, “Huh?”—though he so often answered before.

And he says "Here I am," though he's long ignored you