يا مُبْتدِي ظلْمي سَتلْقى

يا مُبْتدِي ظلْمي سَتلْقى

غِبّ صنعك في ابتدائكْ

غِبّ صنعك في ابتدائكْ

O you who began wronging me, you will meet

O you who initiated my injustice, you will find

the consequences of your deed at your very outset.

The harm of your initiation in your beginning

كُن كَيفَ شئت قَد اتّكلتُ

كُن كَيفَ شئت قَد اتّكلتُ

على النَّوائب في جزائكْ

على النَّوائب في جزائكْ

Be as you please; I have relied

Be however you wish, I have entrusted

on misfortunes to requite you.

Myself to vicissitudes for your punishment

قد كنتُ أَهْوى القربَ منكَ

قد كنتُ أَهْوى القربَ منكَ

قليلَ صبرٍ عَن لِقائك

قليلَ صبرٍ عَن لِقائك

I once loved being close to you,

I used to love being near you

scarcely able to bear not meeting you,

A little patience from meeting you

إذ كنتَ تَسْعى في رِضايَ

إذ كنتَ تَسْعى في رِضايَ

وكنتُ أسْعَى في رِضائِك

وكنتُ أسْعَى في رِضائِك

when you strove to please me,

When you were seeking my satisfaction

and I strove to please you,

And I was seeking your satisfaction

حتّى تغيَّرَ منكَ مَا

حتّى تغيَّرَ منكَ مَا

قد كنتُ أعهدُ مِن وفائكْ

قد كنتُ أعهدُ مِن وفائكْ

until what was in you changed—

Until what I had covenanted from you changed

the loyalty I had known.

And the course of time distracted you from

وثناكَ صرفُ الدهرِ عَنْ

وثناكَ صرفُ الدهرِ عَنْ

ودّي وكدّرَ مِن صفائكْ

ودّي وكدّرَ مِن صفائكْ

And time's vicissitudes turned you away from

My love and troubled your purity

my affection, and clouded your purity.

So now I have come to seek

فالآن قد أَبحتُ أَطلبُ

فالآن قد أَبحتُ أَطلبُ

مَن يُخلِّصُ مِنْ إخائك

مَن يُخلِّصُ مِنْ إخائك

So now I have given myself leave to seek

One who saves me from your brotherhood

someone to free me from your friendship.

And you will seek my companionship

ولَسَوف تَطلبُ صُحبتي

ولَسَوف تَطلبُ صُحبتي

فأقول مُتْ بوخيمِ دائكْ

فأقول مُتْ بوخيمِ دائكْ

And you will surely seek my company,

So I say, away with your woeful affliction

then I shall say: 'Die of your grievous disease!'