وَلَو كانَ هَذا الهَجرُ مِنكَ مَلالَةً

وَلَو كانَ هَذا الهَجرُ مِنكَ مَلالَةً

صَبَرتُ وَلَكِنّي أَراهُ تَدَلُّلا

صَبَرتُ وَلَكِنّي أَراهُ تَدَلُّلا

And were this estrangement of yours due to weariness,

If this estrangement were out of boredom from you

I would endure it, but I see it as coyness.

I would have been patient, but I see it as coquetry

مَعاذَ العُلا أَن أَستَفيدَ مَذَلَّةً

مَعاذَ العُلا أَن أَستَفيدَ مَذَلَّةً

بِحُبِّكَ لَكِن قَد صَبَرتُ تَذَلُّلا

بِحُبِّكَ لَكِن قَد صَبَرتُ تَذَلُّلا

May nobility forbid that I should gain humiliation

Far be it from the sublime that I gain humiliation

Through loving you; yet I have endured in humble submission.

From your love, but I have been patient with the coyness