جازَيتَني عَن تَمادي الوَصلِ هِجرانا

جازَيتَني عَن تَمادي الوَصلِ هِجرانا

وَعَن تَمادي الأَسى وَالشَوقِ سُلوانا

وَعَن تَمادي الأَسى وَالشَوقِ سُلوانا

You repaid me for continued closeness with estrangement,

You punished me for prolonging devotion with estrangement

And for continued grief and longing with forgetfulness.

And for prolonging sorrow and yearning with aversion

بِاللَهِ هَل كانَ قَتلي في الهَوى خَطَأً

بِاللَهِ هَل كانَ قَتلي في الهَوى خَطَأً

أَم جِئتَهُ عامِداً ظُلماً وَعُدوانا

أَم جِئتَهُ عامِداً ظُلماً وَعُدوانا

By God, did you kill me in love by accident,

By God, was my death in passion a mistake?

Or did you do it deliberately, with injustice and aggression?

Or did you come to it deliberately, unjustly and aggressively?

عَهدي كَعَهدِكَ ما الدُنيا تُغَيِّرُهُ

عَهدي كَعَهدِكَ ما الدُنيا تُغَيِّرُهُ

وَإِن تَغَيَّرَ مِنكَ العَهدُ أَلوانا

وَإِن تَغَيَّرَ مِنكَ العَهدُ أَلوانا

My pledge remains as you knew it; the world does not change it,

My promise is like your promise - nothing in life can change it

Though your pledge has taken on many colors.

And if your promise changes its colors from you

ما صَحَّ وُدِّيَ إِلّا اعتَلَّ وُدُّكَ لي

ما صَحَّ وُدِّيَ إِلّا اعتَلَّ وُدُّكَ لي

وَلا أَطَعتُكَ إِلّا زِدتَ عِصيانا

وَلا أَطَعتُكَ إِلّا زِدتَ عِصيانا

No sooner was my love sound than your love for me fell ill,

My devotion was never sound except when yours faltered for me

And whenever I obeyed you, you grew more rebellious.

And I never obeyed you except to increase your disobedience more

يا أَليَنَ الناسِ أَعطافاً وَأَفتَنَهُم

يا أَليَنَ الناسِ أَعطافاً وَأَفتَنَهُم

لَحظاً وَأَعطَرَ أَنفاساً وَأَردانا

لَحظاً وَأَعطَرَ أَنفاساً وَأَردانا

O you, most supple of all in your flanks, and most bewitching

O most gentle of people in sympathy and most alluring

In glance, and most fragrant in breath and sleeves,

In glance, most fragrant in breath and softest

حَسُنتَ خَلقاً فَأَحسِن لا تَسُؤ خُلُقاً

حَسُنتَ خَلقاً فَأَحسِن لا تَسُؤ خُلُقاً

ما خَيرُ ذي الحُسنِ إِن لَم يولِ إِحسانا

ما خَيرُ ذي الحُسنِ إِن لَم يولِ إِحسانا

You are beautiful in form; so be good, not bad, in character.

You were created with good character so do good, do not spoil character

What good is one who has beauty if he bestows no kindness?

For what good is one with beauty if he does not show kindness?