بِذِمَامِ الحُبِّ يَا أَهْلَ زَرُودِ

بِذِمَامِ الحُبِّ يَا أَهْلَ زَرُودِ

مَنْ تُرَى عَلَّمَكُمْ نَقْضَ العُهُودِ

مَنْ تُرَى عَلَّمَكُمْ نَقْضَ العُهُودِ

By the bond of love, O people of Zarud,

With the reins of love, O people of fickleness,

Who, I wonder, taught you to break your pledges?

Who taught you the breaking of pacts?

أَتُرَاكُمْ قَدْ مَلَلَّتُمْ عَبْدَكُمْ

أَتُرَاكُمْ قَدْ مَلَلَّتُمْ عَبْدَكُمْ

أَمْ سَمِعْتُمْ فيه أَقْوَالَ الحَسُودِ

أَمْ سَمِعْتُمْ فيه أَقْوَالَ الحَسُودِ

Have you, I wonder, grown weary of your slave,

Do you think you have wearied your slave,

Or have you heard the envious one's words about him?

Or have you heard the words of the envious about him?

هَكَذَا كُلُّ مُحِبٍّ لَكُمُ

هَكَذَا كُلُّ مُحِبٍّ لَكُمُ

أَمْ أَنَا المخَصْوصُ وَحْدِي بِالصُّدوُدِ

أَمْ أَنَا المخَصْوصُ وَحْدِي بِالصُّدوُدِ

Is every lover of yours treated thus,

Thus is every lover of you,

Or am I alone singled out for rejection?

Or am I the only one singled out with estrangement?

كَيْفَ مَا شِئْتُ فَكُونُوا سِادَتي

كَيْفَ مَا شِئْتُ فَكُونُوا سِادَتي

أَنا في حُبِّى لَكُمْ بَعْضُ الْعَبِيدِ

أَنا في حُبِّى لَكُمْ بَعْضُ الْعَبِيدِ

Be as I wish, then, my masters;

However you wish, be my masters,

In my love for you, I am but one of the slaves.

For in my love of you, I am but one of the slaves.

وَلَكُمْ عُهْدَةُ رِقًى كُتِبَتْ

وَلَكُمْ عُهْدَةُ رِقًى كُتِبَتْ

بِمِدَادِ الدَّمْعِ في رَقً الخُدُودِ

بِمِدَادِ الدَّمْعِ في رَقً الخُدُودِ

And yours is a deed of my bondage, written

And you have a pact of kindness that was written

With the ink of tears upon the parchment of cheeks.

With the ink of tears upon the cheeks.

كُلَّمَا رُمْتُ تَقَاضِي وَصْلِكُمْ

كُلَّمَا رُمْتُ تَقَاضِي وَصْلِكُمْ

وَقَفَ الإِجْلاَلُ بِي دُونَ وُرُودِ

وَقَفَ الإِجْلاَلُ بِي دُونَ وُرُودِ

Whenever I sought to claim union with you,

Whenever I wanted the attainment of your company,

Reverence held me back from approaching.

Reverence stopped me short of the goal.