أَينَ ما قُلتِ مُتُّ قَبلَكَ أَينا

أَينَ ما قُلتِ مُتُّ قَبلَكَ أَينا

أَينَ تَصدِيقُ ما عَهِدتِ إِلَينا

أَينَ تَصدِيقُ ما عَهِدتِ إِلَينا

Where is what you said, “May I die before you”—where?

Where are the words you once said to me, where are they now?

Where is the fulfillment of what you pledged to us?

Where is the truth of the promises made between us?

فَلَقَد خِفتُ مِنكِ أَن تَصرِمي الحَب

فَلَقَد خِفتُ مِنكِ أَن تَصرِمي الحَب

لَ وَأَن تُجمِعي مَعَ الصَرمِ بَينا

لَ وَأَن تُجمِعي مَعَ الصَرمِ بَينا

For I have feared that you would sever the

For I feared you would turn away from love,

cord, and add separation to the severing.

And break apart what was once joined between us.

ما تَقُولِينَ في فَتىً هامَ إِذ ها

ما تَقُولِينَ في فَتىً هامَ إِذ ها

مَ بِمَن لا يُنالُ جَهلاً وَمَينا

مَ بِمَن لا يُنالُ جَهلاً وَمَينا

What do you say of a youth mad with love, when he fell

What can be said of a man in love, consumed with passion,

in love with one beyond reach, through folly and deceit?

For one who cannot be swayed by ignorance or disdain?

فَاِجعَلي بَيننا وَبَينَكِ عَدلاً

فَاِجعَلي بَيننا وَبَينَكِ عَدلاً

لا تَحِيفي وَلا يَحِيفُ عَلَينا

لا تَحِيفي وَلا يَحِيفُ عَلَينا

So appoint a just arbiter between us and you;

Let there be justice between us, do not twist the truth,

Do not be unjust, nor let him wrong us.

Nor allow it to be twisted regarding us.

وَاعلَمي أَنَّ في القَضاءِ شُهُوداً

وَاعلَمي أَنَّ في القَضاءِ شُهُوداً

أَو يَميناً فَأَحضري شاهِدَينا

أَو يَميناً فَأَحضري شاهِدَينا

And know that judgment rests on witnesses

Know that in judgment there are witnesses,

or an oath; so bring our two witnesses.

Or an oath - so bring forth our witnesses.

خُلّتي لَو قَدَرتُ مِنكِ عَلى ما

خُلّتي لَو قَدَرتُ مِنكِ عَلى ما

قُلتِ لي في الخَلاءِ حِينَ التَقَينا

قُلتِ لي في الخَلاءِ حِينَ التَقَينا

My beloved, if I could secure from you what

My darling, if I could have from you what

you told me in private when we met,

You told me in private when we were together,

ما تَحَرَّجتِ مِن دَمي عَلِمَ الل

ما تَحَرَّجتِ مِن دَمي عَلِمَ الل

هُ وَلَو كُنتُ قَد شَهِدتُ حُنَينا

هُ وَلَو كُنتُ قَد شَهِدتُ حُنَينا

you would have no scruples about shedding my blood—God

I would not be ashamed before God of spilling my blood,

knows—even if I had been present at Hunayn.

Even if I was present at the battle of Hunayn.