أمرت ألا أتشكى الهوى

أمرت ألا أتشكى الهوى

وفعل ما تهواه مفروض

وفعل ما تهواه مفروض

You ordered me not to complain of love,

I was commanded not to complain of passion

and doing what you desire is obligatory.

And to accept what it desires as obligatory

فلست أعدو حد ما قتله

فلست أعدو حد ما قتله

حسبي من التصريح تعريض

حسبي من التصريح تعريض

So I do not overstep the bounds of what he killed [wording unclear as written].

So I do not blame whoever it destroys

An allusion suffices me in place of an explicit declaration.

It is enough for me to hint by allegory