الآنَ لَمّا صارَ مُرتَهَناً

الآنَ لَمّا صارَ مُرتَهَناً

قَلبي وَصارَ بِذِكرِكِ الشُغلُ

قَلبي وَصارَ بِذِكرِكِ الشُغلُ

Now, when it has become captive—

Now that my heart is held captive

my heart—and remembering you has become my preoccupation,

And filled with thoughts of you

أَعرَضتِ ما أَعرَضتِ راغِبَةً

أَعرَضتِ ما أَعرَضتِ راغِبَةً

عَني فَهَلّا كانَ ذا قَبلُ

عَني فَهَلّا كانَ ذا قَبلُ

you have turned away as you have, averse

You turn away, desiring

to me—why did this not happen earlier?

To be rid of me - but why not before?

وَمَلِلتِ سَيَّدَتي مُواصَلَتي

وَمَلِلتِ سَيَّدَتي مُواصَلَتي

مِن قَبلِ أَن يَستَحكِمَ الوَصلُ

مِن قَبلِ أَن يَستَحكِمَ الوَصلُ

And you have tired, my lady, of keeping company with me

My lady, you grow weary of my devotion

before our bond could grow firm.

Before our bond takes hold