أحاط بىَ العُذَّال حتى صرفتُهم

أحاط بىَ العُذَّال حتى صرفتُهم

بأنّ الهوى طبعٌ ولا يُنقَلُ الطبعُ

بأنّ الهوى طبعٌ ولا يُنقَلُ الطبعُ

The reproachers closed in on me until I turned them away

They surrounded me with advice until I repelled them

by saying that love is innate, and nature cannot be changed.

By saying that passion is an innate nature that cannot be changed

رأَوا كلَّ ما أبصرتُه أنا عاشقٌ

رأَوا كلَّ ما أبصرتُه أنا عاشقٌ

وما تسمع الأذنانِ ليس له نفعُ

وما تسمع الأذنانِ ليس له نفعُ

They saw that I was in love with everything I beheld,

They saw that I was a lover of all that I saw

and that what the ears hear was of no avail.

And what the two ears hear is of no use

فقالوا وقلبي ليس يقبلَ نصحَهم

فقالوا وقلبي ليس يقبلَ نصحَهم

أخونا له عينٌ وليس له سمعُ

أخونا له عينٌ وليس له سمعُ

So they said—my heart would not accept their advice—

So they said while my heart would not accept their advice

“Our brother has an eye, but he has no hearing.”

Our brother has an eye but has no hearing