هُم رَغبَتي فَلِماذا فِيَّ قَد زَهِدوا

هُم رَغبَتي فَلِماذا فِيَّ قَد زَهِدوا

وَالحُكمُ في عَكسِ قَصدي مِنهُم اِطِّرَدوا

وَالحُكمُ في عَكسِ قَصدي مِنهُم اِطِّرَدوا

They are my desire—why, then, have they turned away from me?

They are my desire, so why have they grown weary of me?

And their judgment has consistently run counter to my intent.

Yet their judgment runs counter to my purpose with them.

وَلَم أُلِمَّ بِمَكروهٍ ثُريبُهُم

وَلَم أُلِمَّ بِمَكروهٍ ثُريبُهُم

هَذا وَقَد قَرُبوا مِنّي فَلَم بَعَدوا

هَذا وَقَد قَرُبوا مِنّي فَلَم بَعَدوا

Nor have I committed any wrong that would trouble them [final word uncertain].

No harm from them has touched me closely.

This, though they had drawn near me—why, then, did they draw away?

This, when they have drawn near me, and not fled.

زاروا اِختِيالاً بِزَورِ الوَعدِ لي أَسَروا

زاروا اِختِيالاً بِزَورِ الوَعدِ لي أَسَروا

قَلبي لِذا أَخلَفوني كُلَّما وَعَدوا

قَلبي لِذا أَخلَفوني كُلَّما وَعَدوا

They visited, swaggering; through false promises to me they captured

They came to me falsely, with lying promises.

My heart; thus they broke their word to me whenever they promised.

So my heart - because they have failed me whenever they promised -

وَاِستَيقَظا لَوعَتي مِن بَعدِ رَقدَتِها

وَاِستَيقَظا لَوعَتي مِن بَعدِ رَقدَتِها

حَتّى إِذا قامَ وَجدي فيهِمُ قَعَدوا

حَتّى إِذا قامَ وَجدي فيهِمُ قَعَدوا

And the two of them awakened my anguish after its slumber,

And my sorrows awakened after their slumber,

Until, when my passion for them rose, they sat down.

Until when my love stood up, I found them sitting.