أَمَّا الَّتِي أَهْوَى فَلِي شَطْرُ اسْمِها

أَمَّا الَّتِي أَهْوَى فَلِي شَطْرُ اسْمِها

وَإذَا يُصَحَّفُ لَمْ يَكُنْ إِلا لَها

وَإذَا يُصَحَّفُ لَمْ يَكُنْ إِلا لَها

As for the woman I love, half her name is mine.

The one I love, I have half her name

And when its letter-dots are changed, it is hers alone.

And if misspelled, it's still for her the same

وتَفُوهُ بِالبِاقي إِذَا قَلَّبْتَه

وتَفُوهُ بِالبِاقي إِذَا قَلَّبْتَه

غَضْبَى فَأَلقَى بِالرِّضَى إِذْلالَها

غَضْبَى فَأَلقَى بِالرِّضَى إِذْلالَها

And she utters the rest, when you reverse it,

Utter the rest, if you rearrange the letters

In anger; so I meet the humiliation she inflicts with contentment.

My anger's gone, her pleasance unfetters