حجبتني فازْدَدت عندي علاً

حجبتني فازْدَدت عندي علاً

برغمِ من أقبل كالعاتب

برغمِ من أقبل كالعاتب

You barred me, yet rose higher in my esteem,

When you veiled me, my passion grew

despite the one who came as if to reproach.

Despite whoever comes reproaching like a penitent.

وقلتُ لا أعدم من سيِّدي

وقلتُ لا أعدم من سيِّدي

من كان عيني فغدى حاجبي

من كان عيني فغدى حاجبي

And I said, 'May I never lack in my lord

I said, I will not lose the one who is my master

one who was my eye and became my eyebrow.'

Who was my eye, and became my eyebrow.