وَعَذارٍ ثَنى عَذا

وَعَذارٍ ثَنى عَذا

ري خَليعاً جَديدُهُ

ري خَليعاً جَديدُهُ

And cheek-down that turned my bridle

With promises he bent a supple bough

loose through its fresh growth,

only to fashion it into a new betrayal

لِمَليحٍ قَد خَصَّ بِال

لِمَليحٍ قَد خَصَّ بِال

فَتحِ حالي صُدودُهُ

فَتحِ حالي صُدودُهُ

belonging to a lovely one whose shunning has favored

To a beauty he showed unique favor

my state with an opening.

then shut to me were all his doors

يُخلِفُ الوَعدَ بِاللِقا

يُخلِفُ الوَعدَ بِاللِقا

لِلمُعَنّى وَعيدُهُ

لِلمُعَنّى وَعيدُهُ

The promise of meeting is broken

He would cancel trysts with cruel ease

by his threat to the tormented one.

only to make new dates he'd not keep

وَلَهُ القَلبُ مَشهَدٌ

وَلَهُ القَلبُ مَشهَدٌ

وَفُؤادي شِهيدُهُ

وَفُؤادي شِهيدُهُ

And for him, the heart is a shrine,

My heart became a stage for his antics

and my heart is his martyr.

and my soul his hapless audience