لا تَراني يَئِستُ مِن

لا تَراني يَئِستُ مِن

كَ وَإِن كُنتُ موئِسا

كَ وَإِن كُنتُ موئِسا

You will not see me lose hope in

Do not think I despair of you, though I may seem despairing.

Do not deem me one who despairs of

you, even if you give me cause to despair.

Perhaps my beloved will do well even if he has done wrong.

you, even if you cause despair.

رُبَّما أَحسَنَ الحَبي

رُبَّما أَحسَنَ الحَبي

بُ وَإِن كانَ قَد أَسا

بُ وَإِن كانَ قَد أَسا

Perhaps the beloved will show kindness,

By the face of yours, which whoever sees it takes breath,

Perhaps the beloved will show

even though he has done wrong.

I will weather existence, my master, with hope and perchance.

kindness, though he has done wrong.

بِأَبي وَجهَكَ الَّذي

بِأَبي وَجهَكَ الَّذي

مَن رَآهُ تَنَفَّسا

مَن رَآهُ تَنَفَّسا

May my father be ransom for your face, which

Ransomed with my father is your face,

makes whoever sees it sigh.

for whoever sees it breathes freely.

أَقطَعُ الدَهرَ سَيِّدي

أَقطَعُ الدَهرَ سَيِّدي

مِنكَ بِاللَوِّ وَالعَسى

مِنكَ بِاللَوِّ وَالعَسى

I spend my life, my master,

I pass all of time, my master,

with 'if' and 'perhaps' from you.

dwelling on 'if only' and 'perhaps'.