أَطفَأتُ نارَ هَواكَ مِن قَلبي

أَطفَأتُ نارَ هَواكَ مِن قَلبي

وَحَلَلتُني مِن عُروَةِ الحُبِّ

وَحَلَلتُني مِن عُروَةِ الحُبِّ

I have quenched the fire of loving you in my heart,

I extinguished the fire of your love from my heart

And untied myself from love's loop.

And freed myself from the bond of passion

أَبرَأتُ قَرحَةَ لَوعَةٍ نَبَتَت

أَبرَأتُ قَرحَةَ لَوعَةٍ نَبَتَت

بَينَ الشِغافِ كَقَرحَةِ الجَنبِ

بَينَ الشِغافِ كَقَرحَةِ الجَنبِ

I have healed a sore of anguish that sprang up

I healed the wound of anguish that sprouted

Within the heart's membrane, like a sore in the side.

Between the ribs like the wound of pleurisy

ما الذَنبُ يا كَنزَ الذُنوبِ مَعاً

ما الذَنبُ يا كَنزَ الذُنوبِ مَعاً

لَكَ في الهَوى لَكِنَّهُ ذَنبي

لَكَ في الهَوى لَكِنَّهُ ذَنبي

The fault is not, O hoard of all sins,

It is not your fault, O treasure of faults together

Yours in love; rather, it is mine.

For the passion, but it is my fault

لِمَ لَم أَقُل حَسبي فَأَذهَلَ عَن

لِمَ لَم أَقُل حَسبي فَأَذهَلَ عَن

مَن لَم يَقُل مِن هَجرِهِ حَسبي

مَن لَم يَقُل مِن هَجرِهِ حَسبي

Why did I not say, 'Enough for me,' and so forget

Why did I not say “enough for me,” so he would stop

One who never said of his estrangement, 'Enough for me'?

The one who did not say “enough for me” from his estrangement

فَاِسلَم وَلا تَسلَم فَلا عَجَبٌ

فَاِسلَم وَلا تَسلَم فَلا عَجَبٌ

لَم تَنجُ لُؤلُؤَةٌ مِنَ الثَقبِ

لَم تَنجُ لُؤلُؤَةٌ مِنَ الثَقبِ

So be safe—and may you not be safe; no wonder:

So surrender or do not surrender, it is no wonder

No pearl has escaped being pierced.

A pearl does not escape being pierced