لا لَومَ أَن غَضِبَت عَلَيكَ فَإِنَّها

لا لَومَ أَن غَضِبَت عَلَيكَ فَإِنَّها

سَمِعَت لَعَمرُكَ أَعظَمَ البُهتانِ

سَمِعَت لَعَمرُكَ أَعظَمَ البُهتانِ

She is not to blame for being angry with you, for she

I do not blame her for being angry with you, for she

has heard, by your life, the gravest slander.

Has indeed heard, by your life, a most vile slander.

زَعَمَ الرَسولُ بِأَنَّني راوَدتُهُ

زَعَمَ الرَسولُ بِأَنَّني راوَدتُهُ

كَذَبَ الرَسولُ وَمُنزِلِ الفُرقانِ

كَذَبَ الرَسولُ وَمُنزِلِ الفُرقانِ

The messenger claimed that I had made advances to him.

The Messenger alleged that I seduced him -

The messenger lied, by the Revealer of the Criterion!

The Messenger has lied, and so the Revealer of the Qur'an.

ما كُنتُ أَجمعُ خَصلَتَين خِيانَةً

ما كُنتُ أَجمعُ خَصلَتَين خِيانَةً

لَكُمُ وَبَيعَ كَرامَةٍ بِهَوانِ

لَكُمُ وَبَيعَ كَرامَةٍ بِهَوانِ

I would never combine two traits: betrayal

I would never combine two qualities of sin: betrayal

of you, and selling dignity for humiliation.

Of you, and the selling of honor so cheaply.

عَطَفَ الأَحِبَّةُ كُلُّهُم وَكَأَنَّما

عَطَفَ الأَحِبَّةُ كُلُّهُم وَكَأَنَّما

قَد وُكِّلَت بِتَعَلُّمِ الهِجرانِ

قَد وُكِّلَت بِتَعَلُّمِ الهِجرانِ

All the beloved have shown tenderness, yet it is as though she

My loved ones have all turned away, as though

has been charged with learning to forsake.

They were assigned to learn estrangement.