أَيا مُعرِضاً عَنّي وَلَم أَجتَرِم ذَنبا

أَيا مُعرِضاً عَنّي وَلَم أَجتَرِم ذَنبا

سِوى أَنَّني أُبدي وَأُخفي لَهُ الحُبّا

سِوى أَنَّني أُبدي وَأُخفي لَهُ الحُبّا

O you who turn away from me, though I have committed no sin

O you who turn away from me, though I've committed no crime

except that I reveal and conceal my love for him.

Save that I reveal and conceal for him my love

أَيُسخِطُكُم أَنّي هَوَيتُ وِصالَكُم

أَيُسخِطُكُم أَنّي هَوَيتُ وِصالَكُم

فَلا تَغضَبي يا مُنيَتي فَلَكِ العُتبى

فَلا تَغضَبي يا مُنيَتي فَلَكِ العُتبى

Does it anger you that I desired union with you?

Does it anger you that I yearn for your companionship?

So do not be angry, O my heart’s desire; I shall make amends to you.

So do not be angry, my beloved, for to you belong reproaches

سَأَنهى وَلَكِن لا أُراهُ يُطيعُني

سَأَنهى وَلَكِن لا أُراهُ يُطيعُني

وَأَزجُرُ عَمّا فيهِ سُخطٌ لَكِ القَلبا

وَأَزجُرُ عَمّا فيهِ سُخطٌ لَكِ القَلبا

I shall forbid it, yet I do not think it will obey me,

I will desist, but I do not see that it will obey me

and restrain my heart from whatever displeases you.

And I forbid it from what angers you, though to it belongs my heart

لَقَد راضَني حُبّيكِ حَتّى أَذَلَّني

لَقَد راضَني حُبّيكِ حَتّى أَذَلَّني

وَقَد كُنتُ قَبلَ الحُبِّ ذا مَنعَةٍ صَعبا

وَقَد كُنتُ قَبلَ الحُبِّ ذا مَنعَةٍ صَعبا

Indeed, love for you has tamed me until it humbled me,

Indeed your love has pleased me until it has humiliated me

yet before love I was strong and unyielding.

And I was before love difficult to attain, of great will