يَا مَنْ غَدَتِ القُلُوبُ في طَوْعِ يَدَيْه

يَا مَنْ غَدَتِ القُلُوبُ في طَوْعِ يَدَيْه

ذَا صَبُّكَ كَمْ تَهْدِي تَجَنّيكَ إليهْ

ذَا صَبُّكَ كَمْ تَهْدِي تَجَنّيكَ إليهْ

O you beneath whose sway all hearts have grown obedient,

O you, to whose hands hearts have become submissive,

Here is your ardent lover—how much your cruelty gives him:

Here is your lovesick lover—how much of your cruelty you bestow on him!

عَذْلٌ وَتَسهُّدٌ وَوَجْدٌ وَقِلىً

عَذْلٌ وَتَسهُّدٌ وَوَجْدٌ وَقِلىً

مَا تَمَّ عَلى العُشّاقِ مَا تَمَّ عَليهْ

مَا تَمَّ عَلى العُشّاقِ مَا تَمَّ عَليهْ

Reproach and sleeplessness, passion and aversion;

Reproach, sleeplessness, longing, and hatred—

You do not bestow upon other lovers what you bestow upon him.

What has befallen him has not befallen lovers.