خرّقْ بها سجادةً

خرّقْ بها سجادةً

كيف اشتهيت وموّه

كيف اشتهيت وموّه

Forge a mark of prostration with it,

With it he tore a prayer rug -

however you please, and dissemble.

How I yearned and concealed it -

من ذا يصدّقُ شاهِداً

من ذا يصدّقُ شاهِداً

هو كاذبٌ في وجهِهْ

هو كاذبٌ في وجهِهْ

Who would believe a witness

Who will believe a witness

whose very face is false?

Whose face shows him a liar?