أَرخَصتِني مِن بَعدِ ما أَغلَيتِني

أَرخَصتِني مِن بَعدِ ما أَغلَيتِني

وَحَطَطتِني وَلَطالَما أَعلَيتِني

وَحَطَطتِني وَلَطالَما أَعلَيتِني

You cheapened me after you had prized me,

You set me free after imprisoning me

And brought me low, though you had so often raised me high.

And debased me though you had raised me high

بادَرتِني بِالعَزلِ عَن خُطَطِ الرِضى

بادَرتِني بِالعَزلِ عَن خُطَطِ الرِضى

وَلَقَد مَحضتُ النُصحَ إِذ وَلَّيتِني

وَلَقَد مَحضتُ النُصحَ إِذ وَلَّيتِني

You hastened to dismiss me from the posts of favor,

You were quick to remove me from the path of acceptance

And indeed I gave sincere counsel when you appointed me.

Though I offered you sincere advice when you turned from me

هَلّا وَقَد أَعلَقتِني شَرَكَ الهَوى

هَلّا وَقَد أَعلَقتِني شَرَكَ الهَوى

عَلَّلتِني بِالوَصلِ أَو سَلَّيتِني

عَلَّلتِني بِالوَصلِ أَو سَلَّيتِني

Why did you not, having caught me in love's snare,

Why, when you had snared me in love’s trappings

Keep me hoping for union, or help me forget?

Did you not excuse me or let me be?

الصَبرُ شَهدٌ عِندَما جَرَّعتِني

الصَبرُ شَهدٌ عِندَما جَرَّعتِني

وَالنارُ بَردٌ عِندَما أَصلَيتِني

وَالنارُ بَردٌ عِندَما أَصلَيتِني

Bitter aloe is honey compared with what you made me swallow,

Patience is but anguish when you make me drink

And fire is cool compared with what you made me burn in.

And fire feels cold when you pray over me

كُنتِ المُنى فَأَذَقتِني غُصَصَ الأَذى

كُنتِ المُنى فَأَذَقتِني غُصَصَ الأَذى

يا لَيتَني ما فُهتُ فيكِ بِلَيتَني

يا لَيتَني ما فُهتُ فيكِ بِلَيتَني

You were all I longed for; then you made me taste the choking pangs of hurt.

You were my wish yet made me taste heartache’s bitterness

Ah, if only I had never said of you, 'If only I...!'

Oh, would that I’d never understood you enough to love you!