يا من أعوذ بوصله من صدهِ

يا من أعوذ بوصله من صدهِ

وبعطفهِ من قربهِ في بعده

وبعطفهِ من قربهِ في بعده

O one in whose union I seek refuge from his rejection,

O you whom I seek refuge in being united with from being estranged

And in his tenderness, from his nearness in his distance;

And in your kindness from your remoteness in your nearness

بكمالِ صورتهِ وزهرةِ وجههِ

بكمالِ صورتهِ وزهرةِ وجههِ

وضياء وجنتهِ وحمُرةِ خده

وضياء وجنتهِ وحمُرةِ خده

By the perfection of his form and the bloom of his face,

In the perfection of your image and the bloom of your face

And the radiance of his cheekbone and the blush of his cheek,

And the radiance of your cheeks and the redness of your cheeks

وفتور مقلتهِ وعطفةِ ناظرٍ

وفتور مقلتهِ وعطفةِ ناظرٍ

يزهو بما في قده من قدهِ

يزهو بما في قده من قدهِ

And the languor of his eye and a gazer's turning glance,

And the languor of your eyelashes and the tenderness of an observer

Who glories in the cutting power of his stature—

Who prides himself on what is in his stature of his stature

ما قلت أهوى قبله أو بعده

ما قلت أهوى قبله أو بعده

حاشاه أن يبقى هوى من بعدِه

حاشاه أن يبقى هوى من بعدِه

I never said I loved anyone before him or after him;

I did not say I love before him or after him

Far be it from him that any love should endure after him.

Far be it that any love should remain after him