سأبعد عن دواعي الحب أني

سأبعد عن دواعي الحب أني

رأيت الحزم من صفة الرشيد

رأيت الحزم من صفة الرشيد

I shall keep away from love's enticements, for I

I will distance myself from the causes of love

I shall keep away from the causes of love, for

have found prudence to be a trait of the wise.

For I have seen determination as a trait of the righteous

I have seen that prudence is the mark of the wise.

رأيت الحب أوله التصدي

رأيت الحب أوله التصدي

بعينيك في أزاهير الخدود

بعينيك في أزاهير الخدود

I have seen that love begins with gazing

I have seen that love begins with infatuation

I have seen that love begins with fixing your gaze

with your eyes upon the blossoms of cheeks.

With your eyes amidst the flowers of cheeks

With your own eyes upon the blossoms of cheeks.

فبينا أنت مغتبط مخلى

فبينا أنت مغتبط مخلى

إذا قد صرت في حلق القيود

إذا قد صرت في حلق القيود

And while you are delighted and free,

While you are blissful and unrestrained

And while you are joyful and entirely free,

suddenly you have ended up in the rings of fetters,

Like one deceived by a mirage nearby

Suddenly you find yourself caught in the rings of chains;

كمغتر بضحضاح قريب

كمغتر بضحضاح قريب

فزل فغاب في غمر المدود

فزل فغاب في غمر المدود

like one beguiled by nearby shallow water,

Who stumbled and was lost in the depths of dunes

Like one deceived by shallow waters near at hand,

who then slipped and vanished into the depths of the tides.

Who slips and vanishes beneath the surging depths.