أَظَلومُ لَمّا أَن مَلِلتِ وَحُلتِ عَن

أَظَلومُ لَمّا أَن مَلِلتِ وَحُلتِ عَن

عَهدِ المَوَدَّةِ قُلتِ كانَ وَكانا

عَهدِ المَوَدَّةِ قُلتِ كانَ وَكانا

O Ẓalūm, when you grew weary and turned away from

When you grew weary of affection and broke

the covenant of affection, you said, “This happened, and that happened.”

off the time of love, you said, "It was so, and so!"

وَهَجَرتِني هَجرَ اِمرِئٍ مُتَعَتِّبٍ

وَهَجَرتِني هَجرَ اِمرِئٍ مُتَعَتِّبٍ

أَمسى رِضاهُ عَلى الهَوى غَضبانا

أَمسى رِضاهُ عَلى الهَوى غَضبانا

And you abandoned me as an aggrieved man would,

You left me like one aggrieved and vexed

whose contentment had grown wrathful toward love.

whose love at eve to hatred has turned.

لَو كُنتِ حينَ مَلِلتِ وَصلي قُلتِ لي

لَو كُنتِ حينَ مَلِلتِ وَصلي قُلتِ لي

أُكفُف فَلَستُ مُواصِلاً إِنسانا

أُكفُف فَلَستُ مُواصِلاً إِنسانا

If, when you wearied of my companionship, you had said to me,

Had you, when weary of my love, just said

“Desist, for I keep company with no one,”

"I'll stop, I am not man for love always"

لَخَزَنتُ وُدَّكِ في الفُؤادِ وَلَم أَزَل

لَخَزَنتُ وُدَّكِ في الفُؤادِ وَلَم أَزَل

لَكِ حافِظاً وَمَنَحتُكِ الهِجرانا

لَكِ حافِظاً وَمَنَحتُكِ الهِجرانا

I would have stored your love in my heart and always remained

I would have hid your love within my heart

faithful to you, and granted you estrangement.

Kept faithful still, and never turned from you.