أَمِن نَظَري إِلَيكِ صَدَدتِ عَنّي

أَمِن نَظَري إِلَيكِ صَدَدتِ عَنّي

وَواجَهَني اِلتِفاتُكِ بِالوَعيدِ

وَواجَهَني اِلتِفاتُكِ بِالوَعيدِ

Was it because I looked at you that you turned away from me,

and your glance confronted me with a threat?

فَآخِرُ نَظرَةٍ كانَت وَعيداً

فَآخِرُ نَظرَةٍ كانَت وَعيداً

وَأَوَّلُ نَظرَةٍ سَبَبُ الصُدودِ

وَأَوَّلُ نَظرَةٍ سَبَبُ الصُدودِ

The last glance, then, was a threat,

and the first glance the cause of your turning away.

فَأَيُّ النَظرَتَينِ أَشَدُّ شُؤماً

فَأَيُّ النَظرَتَينِ أَشَدُّ شُؤماً

وَأَقرَبُ مِن مُساعَدَةِ الحَسودِ

وَأَقرَبُ مِن مُساعَدَةِ الحَسودِ

Which of the two glances, then, is more ill-omened,

and closer to helping the envious one?

وَمابَرَحَت ظُنونُكِ فِيَّ حَتّى

وَمابَرَحَت ظُنونُكِ فِيَّ حَتّى

تَناوَلَني عِقابُكِ مِن جَديدِ

تَناوَلَني عِقابُكِ مِن جَديدِ

And your suspicions about me did not cease until

your punishment reached me anew.