يَلومونَني في غَيرِ ذَنبٍ جَنَيتُهُ

يَلومونَني في غَيرِ ذَنبٍ جَنَيتُهُ

وَغَيرِيَ في الذَنبِ الَّذي كانَ أَلوَمُ

وَغَيرِيَ في الذَنبِ الَّذي كانَ أَلوَمُ

They blame me for an offense I never committed,

They blame me for no fault I committed,

while someone else is more to blame for the offense that occurred.

While another is to blame for the fault of which he is accused.

أَمِنّا أُناساً كُنتِ تَأتَمِنينَهُم

أَمِنّا أُناساً كُنتِ تَأتَمِنينَهُم

فَزادوا عَلَينا في الحَديثِ وَأَوهَموا

فَزادوا عَلَينا في الحَديثِ وَأَوهَموا

We trusted people whom you used to trust,

Did I not trust people, believing them to be true friends?

so they embellished the talk against us and gave false impressions.

Yet they went beyond us in talk and deceived.

وَقالوا لَنا ما لَم نَقُل ثُمَّ كَثَّروا

وَقالوا لَنا ما لَم نَقُل ثُمَّ كَثَّروا

عَلَينا وَباحوا بِالَّذي كُنتُ أَكتُمُ

عَلَينا وَباحوا بِالَّذي كُنتُ أَكتُمُ

And they attributed to us what we had not said, then said still more

They attributed to us what we did not say, then multiplied

against us, and divulged what I used to conceal.

Accusations against us and divulged what I used to conceal.

وَقَد مُنِحَت عَيني القَذى لِفِراقُكُم

وَقَد مُنِحَت عَيني القَذى لِفِراقُكُم

وَعادَ لَها تَهتانُها فَهيَ تَسجُمُ

وَعادَ لَها تَهتانُها فَهيَ تَسجُمُ

And parting from you has bestowed grit upon my eye,

My eye was hurt by the irritation of your separation

and its flow of tears has returned, so it pours them forth.

And it returned to blinking, so it is flowing with tears.

وَأَنكَرتُ طيبَ العَيشِ مِنّي وَكُدِّرَت

وَأَنكَرتُ طيبَ العَيشِ مِنّي وَكُدِّرَت

عَلَيَّ حَياتي وَالهَوى مُتَقَسِّمُ

عَلَيَّ حَياتي وَالهَوى مُتَقَسِّمُ

And I found life's sweetness estranged from me, and clouded

I lost the taste for the pleasures of life

was my life, while love was divided.

And my life was embittered while passion lies divided.

وَصافَيتُ نَشواناً فَلَم أَرَ فيهِمُ

وَصافَيتُ نَشواناً فَلَم أَرَ فيهِمُ

هَوايَ وَلا الوُدَّ الَّذي كُنتُ أَعلَمُ

هَوايَ وَلا الوُدَّ الَّذي كُنتُ أَعلَمُ

And I befriended an intoxicated man, yet did not find among them

I sobered up from intoxication but I did not find among them

my love, nor the affection I once knew.

Either my love or the affection I used to know.

أَلَيسَ عَظيماً أَن نَكونَ بِبَلدَةٍ

أَلَيسَ عَظيماً أَن نَكونَ بِبَلدَةٍ

كِلانا بِها ثاوٍ وَلا نَتَكَلَّمُ

كِلانا بِها ثاوٍ وَلا نَتَكَلَّمُ

Is it not grievous that we should be in the same town,

Is it not awful that we are in a country

both of us dwelling there, yet we do not speak?

Where we are both living yet do not talk?

وَلا تَصرِميني إِن تَرَيني أُحِبُّكُم

وَلا تَصرِميني إِن تَرَيني أُحِبُّكُم

أَبوءٌ بِذَنبٍ إِنَّني أَنا أَظلَمُ

أَبوءٌ بِذَنبٍ إِنَّني أَنا أَظلَمُ

And do not cut me off if you see me loving you;

Do not blame me if you see me still loving you -

I confess to a sin; indeed, I am more in the wrong.

I admit to a sin, for indeed it is I who am unjust.