ولما أَشاعَ الحبُّ في الناس مِلَّةً

ولما أَشاعَ الحبُّ في الناس مِلَّةً

وقادَ قلوباً كيف شاء وأَلْبَابا

وقادَ قلوباً كيف شاء وأَلْبَابا

And when love spread a creed among the people,

When love spread among people as a faith,

And led hearts and minds however it pleased,

And led hearts however it willed and minds,

جلا الحُسْنُ للعشاق وَجْهَكَ قِبْلَةً

جلا الحُسْنُ للعشاق وَجْهَكَ قِبْلَةً

وصوَّر فيه من عِذَارَيْكَ مِحْرابا

وصوَّر فيه من عِذَارَيْكَ مِحْرابا

Beauty unveiled your face to lovers as a direction of prayer,

Your beauty shone as the prayer direction for lovers,

And fashioned in it, from your two sideburns, a prayer niche.

And depicted in it your coquetries as a prayer niche.