ماذا بَدا لَكَ إِذ نَقَضتَ هَواكا

ماذا بَدا لَكَ إِذ نَقَضتَ هَواكا

وَحَلَفتَ أَنّي لا أَشُمُّ قَفاكا

وَحَلَفتَ أَنّي لا أَشُمُّ قَفاكا

What came over you when you renounced your love,

What seemed to you when you broke your passion

And swore that I would not smell the back of your neck?

And swore that I don't smell your scent

تَرضى العَجائِبَ ثُمَّ تَغضَبُ أَنَّني

تَرضى العَجائِبَ ثُمَّ تَغضَبُ أَنَّني

ناظَرتُ في بَعضِ الأُمورِ أَخاكا

ناظَرتُ في بَعضِ الأُمورِ أَخاكا

You accept strange things, then grow angry that I

You accept wonders then get angry that

Debated some matters with your brother.

I looked into some matters of your brother

مِثلَ الَّتي ضَنَّت بِرَدِّ سَلامِها

مِثلَ الَّتي ضَنَّت بِرَدِّ سَلامِها

وَأَباحَتِ الأَفخاذَ وَالأَوراكا

وَأَباحَتِ الأَفخاذَ وَالأَوراكا

Like the woman who begrudged a greeting in reply,

Like the one who was stingy with returning greetings

Yet freely offered her thighs and hips.

And allowed thighs and intimate parts

إِن كانَ ذا مِن غيرَةٍ قَد أَضرَمَت

إِن كانَ ذا مِن غيرَةٍ قَد أَضرَمَت

بِالغَيظِ قَلبَكَ خالِياً وَحَشاكا

بِالغَيظِ قَلبَكَ خالِياً وَحَشاكا

If this stems from jealousy that has set ablaze

If this is out of jealousy that filled

With rage your heart and your innermost being, in solitude,

Your heart empty and desolate

فَاِحلِف بِأَنَّ سِوايَ لَم يَظفَر بِها

فَاِحلِف بِأَنَّ سِوايَ لَم يَظفَر بِها

وَعَلَيَّ نَذرٌ إِن لَقيتُ سِواكا

وَعَلَيَّ نَذرٌ إِن لَقيتُ سِواكا

Then swear that no one but me has won it,

Then swear that no one else attained it

And I am bound by a vow if I meet anyone but you.

And I take an oath if I meet anyone else

فَإِذا أَبَيتَ فَقَد أَبَيتَ مَعالِناً

فَإِذا أَبَيتَ فَقَد أَبَيتَ مَعالِناً

فَاِعلَم فَدَيتُكَ أَنَّ ذاكَ بِذاكا

فَاِعلَم فَدَيتُكَ أَنَّ ذاكَ بِذاكا

So if you refuse, you have refused openly;

If you refuse then you openly refuse

Then know—may I be your ransom—that this is for that.

So know, my ransom, that this is that