تُسىءُ وَلا تَستَنكِرُ السوءَ إِنَّها

تُسىءُ وَلا تَستَنكِرُ السوءَ إِنَّها

تُدِلٌ بِما تَبلوهُ عِندي وَتَعرِفُ

تُدِلٌ بِما تَبلوهُ عِندي وَتَعرِفُ

She does me wrong, yet finds no wrong in wrongdoing—for she

She does wrong and finds no fault in wrongdoing, for she

takes liberties, sure of what she has tested in me and knows.

takes liberties, relying on what she has found in me and knows.

فَمِن أَينَ ما اِستَعطَفتُها لا تَرِقُّ لي

فَمِن أَينَ ما اِستَعطَفتُها لا تَرِقُّ لي

وَمِن أَينَ ما جَرَّبتَ صَبرِيَ يَضعُفُ

وَمِن أَينَ ما جَرَّبتَ صَبرِيَ يَضعُفُ

For no matter how I seek to move her pity, she does not soften toward me;

So however I seek her sympathy, she shows me no tenderness;

yet no matter how she tries my patience, it gives way.

and however you test my patience, it weakens.