إني أبثّكَ سيّدي

إني أبثّكَ سيّدي

ما ليس يحملُه بشرْ

ما ليس يحملُه بشرْ

Indeed, I confide to you, my lord,

I tell you my master

what no mortal can bear:

What no human can bear

محَن كتِبنَ بمَفرِقي

محَن كتِبنَ بمَفرِقي

وافى بهنّ ليَ القدر

وافى بهنّ ليَ القدر

trials inscribed upon the crown of my head;

Trials written for me

fate came to me bearing them.

By fate brought me here

عُلِّقتُ ألوَدَ لم أكن

عُلِّقتُ ألوَدَ لم أكن

أدري لعَمرُك ما الخبر

أدري لعَمرُك ما الخبر

I was smitten with an obstinate one; I did not

I hung where I did not belong

know—by your life—what was happening.

Clueless of what would transpire

أبصرتُه في يلمَّقٍ

أبصرتُه في يلمَّقٍ

كالغُصنِ أثمرَ بالقمَر

كالغُصنِ أثمرَ بالقمَر

I saw him in a coat,

I saw him in uncertainty

like a bough that bore the moon as fruit.

Like a branch laden with moonlight

فسطا عليّ بجورِه

فسطا عليّ بجورِه

أكذا الكريمُ إذا قدَر

أكذا الكريمُ إذا قدَر

Then he assailed me with his injustice;

He was unjustly cruel to me

is this how a noble man acts when he has power?

Thus the noble when they ordain