أَشمَتِّ بي فيكِ العِدا

أَشمَتِّ بي فيكِ العِدا

وَبَلَغتِ مِن ظُلمي المَدى

وَبَلَغتِ مِن ظُلمي المَدى

You made my foes gloat over me because of you,

My enemies rejoice at my plight,

and went to the utmost in wronging me.

And your tyranny has reached its height.

لَو كانَ يَملِكُ فِديَةً

لَو كانَ يَملِكُ فِديَةً

مِن حُبُّكِ القَلبُ افتَدى

مِن حُبُّكِ القَلبُ افتَدى

If it possessed a ransom,

If my heart could pay ransom,

the heart would ransom itself from love of you.

It would buy freedom from your love outright.

كُنتِ الحَياةَ لِعاشِقٍ

كُنتِ الحَياةَ لِعاشِقٍ

مُذ حُلتِ أَيقَنَ بِالرَدى

مُذ حُلتِ أَيقَنَ بِالرَدى

You were life to a lover;

You were once life itself for a lover,

since you changed, he has been certain of death.

Since you turned your back, only death feels right.

لَم يَسلُ عَنكِ وَلَو سَلا

لَم يَسلُ عَنكِ وَلَو سَلا

لَعَذَرتُهُ فَبِكِ افتَدى

لَعَذَرتُهُ فَبِكِ افتَدى

He has not forgotten you; and even if he had,

He never asked after you, but if he had,

I would have excused him, for he would have ransomed himself with you.

I'd make excuses, so with tears he might be put right.

ضَيَّعتِ عَهدَ مَحَبَّةٍ

ضَيَّعتِ عَهدَ مَحَبَّةٍ

كَالوَردِ سامَرَهُ النَدى

كَالوَردِ سامَرَهُ النَدى

You squandered a covenant of love,

You broke a promise of love,

like a rose the dew kept company with at night.

Like dew that makes the rose wilt overnight.

أَينَ اِدِّعاؤُكِ لِلوَفاءِ

أَينَ اِدِّعاؤُكِ لِلوَفاءِ

وَما عَدا مِمّا بَدا

وَما عَدا مِمّا بَدا

Where is your claim to faithfulness,

Where is your claim of faithfulness?

and what turned you from what you once showed?

It's nothing but lies, clearly in sight.