أَيُّها العاتِبُ الَّذي يَتَجَنّى

أَيُّها العاتِبُ الَّذي يَتَجَنّى

كُلَّ يَومٍ لِيَصرِمَ الحَبلَ مِنّا

كُلَّ يَومٍ لِيَصرِمَ الحَبلَ مِنّا

O reproacher, who finds fault without cause,

O reproacher who finds fault unjustly,

day after day, intent on severing the bond between us—

Every day, to sever the cord that binds us.

قَد عَرَفنا الَّذي تُريدُ بِهَذا

قَد عَرَفنا الَّذي تُريدُ بِهَذا

فَأتِ ما شِئتَ راشِداً ما تَعنّى

فَأتِ ما شِئتَ راشِداً ما تَعنّى

we know what you seek by all this.

We have already understood what you intend by this.

So do as you wish, wisely; you need not trouble yourself.

So do as you wish, rightly guided, without troubling yourself.

إِن تَكُن لَم تُرِد وِصالَ سِواها

إِن تَكُن لَم تُرِد وِصالَ سِواها

فَلِماذا صَدَدتَ وَجهَكَ عَنّا

فَلِماذا صَدَدتَ وَجهَكَ عَنّا

If you desired union with no one but her,

If you have desired union with none but her,

why, then, did you turn your face away from us?

Then why have you turned your face away from us?

قَد بَذَلنا لَكَ المَوَدَّةَ وَالحُ

قَد بَذَلنا لَكَ المَوَدَّةَ وَالحُ

بَّ وَزِدناكَ فَوقَ ما تَتَمنّى

بَّ وَزِدناكَ فَوقَ ما تَتَمنّى

We freely gave you affection and lo—

We have offered you affection and lo-

—ve, and gave you more than you could ever wish for.

ve, and given you more than you wish for.

وَاِتَّبَعنا رِضاكَ في كُلِّ وَجهٍ

وَاِتَّبَعنا رِضاكَ في كُلِّ وَجهٍ

لَو نُجازى بِمِثلِ ما قَد فَعَلنا

لَو نُجازى بِمِثلِ ما قَد فَعَلنا

We followed your pleasure in every way—

And we have sought your approval in every way.

if only we were requited in kind for all we have done!

If only we were repaid in kind for what we have done!

فَإِلى كَم وَكَم فُؤادي أُهدي

فَإِلى كَم وَكَم فُؤادي أُهدي

وَإِلى كَم وَكَم وَكَم تَتَجَنَّى

وَإِلى كَم وَكَم وَكَم تَتَجَنَّى

How much longer—how long—shall I offer up my heart?

Then for how long, and how long, shall I offer my heart?

And how much longer—how long, how long—will you find fault without cause?

And for how long, and how long, and how long will you find fault unjustly?

قَد أَمَتَّ الوِصالَ مِنكَ بِصَدٍّ

قَد أَمَتَّ الوِصالَ مِنكَ بِصَدٍّ

لَو أَعَدتَ الوِصالَ مِنكَ لَعِشنا

لَو أَعَدتَ الوِصالَ مِنكَ لَعِشنا

You have put our union to death by turning away;

You have already killed our union by turning away;

had you restored the union on your side, we would have lived.

If you restored your union with us, we would live.