دَعِ اللَومَ يا عاذِلي

دَعِ اللَومَ يا عاذِلي

فَما أَنتَ بِالعادِلِ

فَما أَنتَ بِالعادِلِ

Leave off your blame, O you who blame me;

Leave off blame, O my reproacher,

for you are not fair.

for you are not just.

وَلا تُكثِرَنَّ المَلام

وَلا تُكثِرَنَّ المَلام

وَأَقصِر فَهَذا الكَلام

وَأَقصِر فَهَذا الكَلام

And do not heap reproach upon me.

And do not heap up reproach;

Desist—for this speech,

and desist, for this talk

عَلى الصَبِّ مِثلُ الكِلام

عَلى الصَبِّ مِثلُ الكِلام

وَلَو قُمتَ في كُلِّ عام

وَلَو قُمتَ في كُلِّ عام

to the impassioned lover, is like wounds.

is like wounds to the lovesick lover.

Even if you stood there year after year,

And even if, each year, you stood

تَلومُ إِلى القابِلِ

تَلومُ إِلى القابِلِ

فَما أَنا بِالقابِلِ

فَما أَنا بِالقابِلِ

blaming me until the year to come,

reproaching me until the next year,

I am not one to accept.

I would still not accept it.