لَأَبيحَنَّ حُرمَةَ الكِتمانِ

لَأَبيحَنَّ حُرمَةَ الكِتمانِ

راحَةُ المُستَهامِ في الإِعلانِ

راحَةُ المُستَهامِ في الإِعلانِ

I shall surely violate the sanctity of secrecy.

I will surely reveal the sanctity of secrecy

I shall surely profane the sanctity of secrecy,

Relief for the lovesick lies in disclosure.

The relief of the inquisitive in disclosure

For the lover's repose is found in confession.

قَد تَصَبَّرتُ بِالسُكوتِ وَبِالإِط

قَد تَصَبَّرتُ بِالسُكوتِ وَبِالإِط

راقِ جَهدي فَنَمَّتِ العَينانِ

راقِ جَهدي فَنَمَّتِ العَينانِ

I have tried to be patient in silence and with lowered

I have been patient with silence and withdrawal

I feigned patience in silence, keeping my head bowed

gaze, as best I could; yet both eyes betrayed me.

My efforts have made my eyes grow

Striving my utmost, yet my eyes betrayed the truth.

تَرَكَتني الوُشاةُ نُصبَ المُشيري

تَرَكَتني الوُشاةُ نُصبَ المُشيري

نَ وَأُحدوثَةً بِكُلِّ مَكانِ

نَ وَأُحدوثَةً بِكُلِّ مَكانِ

The talebearers left me a target for those who

The slanderers left me the topic of every advisor

The slanderers have made me a spectacle for pointing fingers,

point at me, and a topic of gossip everywhere.

And innovations in every place

And a cautionary tale recited in every place.

ما أَرى خالِيَينِ لِلسِرِّ إِلّا

ما أَرى خالِيَينِ لِلسِرِّ إِلّا

قُلتُ ما يَخلُوانِ إِلّا لِشاني

قُلتُ ما يَخلُوانِ إِلّا لِشاني

Whenever I see two alone sharing a secret,

I do not see emptiers of the secret except

I never see two souls secluded for a secret,

I say, 'They are alone together only to speak of me.'

I said they do not empty except for my affair

But that I say: They meet only to speak of my affair.