عاقَبتَني بِأَشَدَّ مِن جُرمي

عاقَبتَني بِأَشَدَّ مِن جُرمي

وَظَلَمتَني مُستَعذِباً ظُلمي

وَظَلَمتَني مُستَعذِباً ظُلمي

You punished me more harshly than my offense deserved.

You punished me more than I deserved,

You punished me far beyond the measure of my crime,

And you wronged me, taking pleasure in wronging me.

And oppressed me, relishing my oppression.

And wronged me, finding sweetness in my suffering.

وَظَنَنتَ أَنّي غَيرُ مُنتَقِمٍ

وَظَنَنتَ أَنّي غَيرُ مُنتَقِمٍ

فَسَكَتَّ حينَ سَكَتَّ عَن عِلمِ

فَسَكَتَّ حينَ سَكَتَّ عَن عِلمِ

And you thought I would not take revenge.

You thought I wouldn’t seek revenge,

You imagined I would not seek retribution,

So when you kept silent, you did so knowingly.

So you were silent when you knew.

So you kept silent, though you knew the truth.

فَلَوَ اَنَّ لي نَفساً تُطاوِعُني

فَلَوَ اَنَّ لي نَفساً تُطاوِعُني

ما كُنتَ تَسبِقُني إِلى الصَرمِ

ما كُنتَ تَسبِقُني إِلى الصَرمِ

For if I had a soul that obeyed me,

If only I had a soul that obeyed me,

If only I possessed a soul that would obey my will,

You would not have beaten me to severing ties.

You would not beat me to the stabbing.

You would not have beaten me to the severing of ties.

أَشمَتَّ حُسّادي بِبُغيَتِهِم

أَشمَتَّ حُسّادي بِبُغيَتِهِم

وَرَفَعتَهُم وَدَعَوتَهُم بِاِسمي

وَرَفَعتَهُم وَدَعَوتَهُم بِاِسمي

You made my enviers gloat by fulfilling their wish.

My enemies have reveled in their hatred,

You have let my enviers gloat by granting their desire,

And you raised them up and called them by my name.

Lifting them up and calling them my name.

Exalting them, and calling them by the name once mine.

قَد كُنتَ مِن حَقّي عَلى ثِقَةٍ

قَد كُنتَ مِن حَقّي عَلى ثِقَةٍ

حَتّى رَأَيتُكَ دونَهُم خَصمي

حَتّى رَأَيتُكَ دونَهُم خَصمي

You had been certain of what was due to me,

I trusted you with my rights,

You used to be certain of the rights I held,

Until I saw you, rather than them, as my adversary.

Until I saw you take their side against me.

Until I found you, not them, to be my adversary.

إِن كُنتُ قَد قُلتُ الَّذي زَعَموا

إِن كُنتُ قَد قُلتُ الَّذي زَعَموا

فَأَكَلتُ أَكلَةَ جُنَّةٍ لَحمي

فَأَكَلتُ أَكلَةَ جُنَّةٍ لَحمي

If I indeed said what they alleged,

If I said what they claim I did,

If I have indeed said what they allege,

Then may I devour my own flesh in a fit of madness.

Then I ate the flesh of madness.

Then may I, in madness, devour my own flesh.

فَاِبلُغ بِهَزلٍ جِدُّ مُنتَقِمٍ

فَاِبلُغ بِهَزلٍ جِدُّ مُنتَقِمٍ

فيما بَدا لَكَ وَاِستَبِح شَتمي

فيما بَدا لَكَ وَاِستَبِح شَتمي

So, in jest, go as far as an avenger in earnest,

So pass on lightly, serious avenger,

So achieve the vengeance you seek through this mockery,

In whatever you please, and feel free to revile me.

This jest that seemed good to you and insult me freely.

As you see fit, and deem it lawful to revile my name.