بِصِماخيَّ عن ملامِك وَقرُ

بِصِماخيَّ عن ملامِك وَقرُ

لي عذرٌ لو كانَ يُقبَلُ عُذرُ

لي عذرٌ لو كانَ يُقبَلُ عُذرُ

Against your reproach, my ears are deaf.

My ears are deaf to your reproach.

I have an excuse—if only an excuse could be accepted.

I have an excuse—if an excuse could be accepted.

عبَّدوني واستَعبَدوني ومن

عبَّدوني واستَعبَدوني ومن

أصبَحَ عَبداً لعَبدِه فهوَ حُرُّ

أصبَحَ عَبداً لعَبدِه فهوَ حُرُّ

They made me their servant, enslaved me—and whoever

They made me a slave and held me in bondage; and whoever

becomes a slave to his own slave is free.

Becomes a slave to his own slave is free.

هاتِ قلبي وقَد أطعتُكَ فيما

هاتِ قلبي وقَد أطعتُكَ فيما

لمتَ فيه إن كانَ لي فيه أَمرُ

لمتَ فيه إن كانَ لي فيه أَمرُ

Give me back my heart; I obeyed you concerning that for which

Give me back my heart, and I will obey you concerning what

you blamed me—if I had any choice in it.

You reproached me for—if I have any say in it.

يقبلُ اللوم مسمَعي مثلَما يَن

يقبلُ اللوم مسمَعي مثلَما يَن

بُتُ من هاطِلِ السَّحائِب صَخرُ

بُتُ من هاطِلِ السَّحائِب صَخرُ

My hearing heeds reproach just as a rock would sprout—

My ear accepts reproach just as

—beneath the clouds’ pouring rain.

Rock sprouts from the clouds' pouring rain.

ليسَ للعاشِقينَ صَبرٌ ولِلُّو

ليسَ للعاشِقينَ صَبرٌ ولِلُّو

وامِ عَن لَومِهم عَزاءٌ وصَبرُ

وامِ عَن لَومِهم عَزاءٌ وصَبرُ

Lovers have no patience; nor can those who re—

Lovers have no patience, nor have their reproachers

—proach them desist from blame with solace or restraint.

Solace or patience to give up reproaching them.

قَسَماً إنَّ مُهجَتي قَسمُوها

قَسَماً إنَّ مُهجَتي قَسمُوها

ليَ شطرٌ وللكَواعِبِ شَطرُ

ليَ شطرٌ وللكَواعِبِ شَطرُ

I swear, they have divided my very soul:

I swear, they have divided my lifeblood:

one half is mine, and one half the maidens’.

Half is mine, and half belongs to the full-breasted maidens.