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My love, you have broken your promise

أعلي قد أخلفت وعدك

1. My love, you have broken your promise
And I wished for your distance after being so close

١. أَعليّ قَد أَخلفت وَعدَكْ
فَوددتُ بَعد القُرب بُعدَكْ

2. Alas, after it I will never experience
Joy, even if I endure your rejection

٢. هَيهات أَصفو بَعدَها
أَبَداً وَلَو قاسَيت صدّك

3. Why didn’t you keep your word to me
Instead you made me your slave forever

٣. هَلّا وَفيت بِمَوعدي
فَغَدوت طُول الدَهر عَبدك

4. No, you betrayed and deserted me
And made a pact then went back on your oath

٤. لا بَل غَدَرت وَخُنتَني
وَعَهدتني فَنقضت عَهدك

5. If you had been true, you would have left me
Above all people, always your opponent

٥. وَلَو اِستَقَمت لخلتني
دُون الأَنام أَبيد ضدك

6. But you inclined towards a group
Who did not know, O full moon, your affection

٦. لَكن صَبَوت لِمعشر
لَم يَعرفوا يا بَدر ودّك

7. I swear by the days that passed
In pleasure with you alone

٧. قَسَماً بِأَيام مَضَت
في لذة لي مَعْك وَحدك

8. If I had known I would encounter
What I did in your presence

٨. لَو كُنت أَعلَم أَنَّني
أَلقى الَّذي لاقيت عِندَك

9. I would have shunned you and not wished
For you or the one who molded your shape

٩. لَرغبت عَنكَ وَلم أَمل
لَكَ وَالَّذي قَد صاغَ قَدّك

10. But soon I will bid farewell
And close this door after you

١٠. لَكن سَأَسلو عاجِلاً
وَأَسدّ هَذا الباب بَعدَك