عَلى قَدرِ حُبي فيك وَافاني الصَبرُ

عَلى قَدرِ حُبي فيك وَافاني الصَبرُ

فَلَستُ أُبالي كانَ وَصلُك أَم هَجرُ

فَلَستُ أُبالي كانَ وَصلُك أَم هَجرُ

Patience came to me in proportion to my love for you.

My patience lasts as long as my love for you

So I do not care whether it is union with you or estrangement.

So I do not care if we unite or part

وَما غَرَضي إِلا سَلامٌ وَنَظرَةٌ

وَما غَرَضي إِلا سَلامٌ وَنَظرَةٌ

وَقَد حَصلا وَالذُلُّ يَأنفه الحرُّ

وَقَد حَصلا وَالذُلُّ يَأنفه الحرُّ

And all I seek is a greeting and a glance.

My only purpose is a greeting and a glance

And both have been attained; a free man disdains humiliation.

Both I have attained, though the free spurn lowliness

سَأَسلوك حَتّى لا أَراك بِناظِري

سَأَسلوك حَتّى لا أَراك بِناظِري

وَأَنساك حَتّى لا يَمرُّ بِكَ الفكرُ

وَأَنساك حَتّى لا يَمرُّ بِكَ الفكرُ

I shall cease loving you until I no longer see you with my eyes.

I will avoid you, no longer see you with my eyes

And I shall forget you until my thoughts no longer pass your way.

Forget you, so thought of you does not cross my mind