أَتَذهَبُ نَفسي لَم أَنَل مِنكِ نائِلاً

أَتَذهَبُ نَفسي لَم أَنَل مِنكِ نائِلاً

وَلَم أَتَعَلَّل مِنكِ يَوماً بِمَوعِدِ

وَلَم أَتَعَلَّل مِنكِ يَوماً بِمَوعِدِ

Shall my soul depart when I have gained no favor from you,

Should my soul depart though I gained no favor from you,

And have never once found solace in a promise from you?

And made to you no tryst, no day did I assign?

أُحاوِلُ ما يُرضيكِ غَيرَ مُجادِلٍ

أُحاوِلُ ما يُرضيكِ غَيرَ مُجادِلٍ

عَلى كُلِّ حالٍ مِن مَغيبٍ وَمَشهَدِ

عَلى كُلِّ حالٍ مِن مَغيبٍ وَمَشهَدِ

I seek what pleases you, without arguing,

To please you I attempt, no hostile word had I,

In every circumstance, in absence and in presence.

In public nor in private, this has been my mind.

فَإِن جاءَ مِنّي بَعضُ ما تَكرَهينَهُ

فَإِن جاءَ مِنّي بَعضُ ما تَكرَهينَهُ

فَعَن خَطَإٍ واللَهِ لا عَن تَعَمُّدِ

فَعَن خَطَإٍ واللَهِ لا عَن تَعَمُّدِ

So if something you dislike comes from me,

If I have erred in aught, I swear it was not meant;

Then it is by mistake, by God, not on purpose.

From flaw, not from intent, came any fault of mine.