عسفت بِقَلبي في الهَوى إِذ مَلَكتَني

عسفت بِقَلبي في الهَوى إِذ مَلَكتَني

وَهَل يَستَرق الحر شَيءٌ سِوى الحُبِ

وَهَل يَستَرق الحر شَيءٌ سِوى الحُبِ

You dealt harshly with my heart in love when you possessed me.

You abused my heart when you possessed me,

And can anything but love enslave a free man?

Is there anything a free man steals but love?

مَنَحتُكَ وَدي مُخلِصاً فيهِ صادِقاً

مَنَحتُكَ وَدي مُخلِصاً فيهِ صادِقاً

وَصُدق وِداد المَرءِ عَن نُبلِهِ يَنبي

وَصُدق وِداد المَرءِ عَن نُبلِهِ يَنبي

I gave you my affection with sincerity and truth.

I gave you my affection sincere and true,

And the sincerity of a man's affection speaks of his nobility.

A man's truth in affection shows his nobleness.

فَأَصبَحَت تَجفوني وَلا ليَ حيلَة

فَأَصبَحَت تَجفوني وَلا ليَ حيلَة

وَمالي سِوى فَرط المَحبة مِن ذَنب

وَمالي سِوى فَرط المَحبة مِن ذَنب

Then you began to shun me, and I had no recourse.

Yet now you spurn me and I've no recourse,

And I had no fault but an excess of love.

I've no crime but loving you with excess.

وَأَعرضت حَتّى طابَ لي مَور الرَدى

وَأَعرضت حَتّى طابَ لي مَور الرَدى

وَما المَوت إِلّا دون أَعراضِكَ الصَعب

وَما المَوت إِلّا دون أَعراضِكَ الصَعب

And you turned away until the surge of death grew sweet to me.

You turned away until death seemed sweet to me,

And death is easier than your harsh rejection.

For death is nothing matched to your disdain.

فَذلت لِذاكَ النَفس مني وَلَم تَكَد

فَذلت لِذاكَ النَفس مني وَلَم تَكَد

وَلَيسَ عَلى مَن ذَلَّ في الحُب مِن عَتَبِ

وَلَيسَ عَلى مَن ذَلَّ في الحُب مِن عَتَبِ

So my soul yielded to that, though it scarcely could.

For that soul I've been humbled but scarcely blamed,

And there is no blame on anyone humbled in love.

No blame lies on one who in love is debased.

وَكُنتُ أَبياً قَبلَ أَن أَحمل الهَوى

وَكُنتُ أَبياً قَبلَ أَن أَحمل الهَوى

إِذا مَلَني قَلبي تَبرَّأت مِن قَلبي

إِذا مَلَني قَلبي تَبرَّأت مِن قَلبي

And I was unyielding before I bore love.

I was proud before the passion filled my heart,

If my heart grew weary of me, I would disown my heart.

When my heart is sickened, I disown its pain.