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Doubt has estranged me regarding an affair I had resolved

قد عاقني الشك في أمر أضعت له

1. Doubt has estranged me regarding an affair I had resolved
Until concealing it became too constricting for me

١. قَدْ عَاقَنِي الشَّكُّ فِي أَمْرٍ أَضَعْتُ لَهُ
عَزِيمَةَ الرَّأْيِ حَتَّى ضَاقَ كِتْمَانِي

2. You showed me affection before getting to know me
Then you turned coldly before making it public

٢. أَوْلَيْتَنِي مِنْكَ وُدّاً قَبْلَ مَعْرِفَةٍ
ثُمَّ انْثَنَيْتَ بِصَدٍّ قَبْلَ إِعْلانِ

3. What you started with pleased me
What you ended with pained me in the second

٣. فَسَرَّنِي مِنْكَ مَا قَدَّمْتَ مُبْتَدَأً
وَسَاءَنِي مِنْكَ مَا أَخَّرْتَ فِي الثَّانِي

4. If it was bad judgement or boredom with passion
Then both in their ugliness are the same

٤. فَإِنْ يَكُنْ سُوءُ رَأْيٍ أَوْ مَلالُ هَوَىً
فَإِنَّ كِلْتَيْهِمَا فِي الْقُبْحِ سَيَّانِ

5. So uncover for us from behind the mask of doubt with it
Either union or outright abandonment

٥. فَاكْشِفْ لَنَا عَنْ قِنَاعِ الشَّكِّ نَحْيَ بِهِ
إِمَّا وِصَالاً وَإِمَّا مَحْضَ هِجْرَانِ