لا أَجْحَدُ المِنَنَ التي تَلَّدْتُمُ

لا أَجْحَدُ المِنَنَ التي تَلَّدْتُمُ

جِيدِي ولا أَنسى ولا أَتَناسَى

جِيدِي ولا أَنسى ولا أَتَناسَى

I do not deny the favors with which you have adorned

I do not deny the favors with which you have overwhelmed me,

my neck; I neither forget nor pretend to forget.

Nor do I forget or pretend to forget.

وَتَجُوبُ كُتْبُكُم البلادَ ولا أَرَى

وَتَجُوبُ كُتْبُكُم البلادَ ولا أَرَى

وِدِّي يُسَاوِي عِندَكُمْ قِرْطاسَا

وِدِّي يُسَاوِي عِندَكُمْ قِرْطاسَا

And your letters traverse the lands, yet I do not see

Your books traverse the lands yet I do not see

my affection as worth a sheet of paper in your eyes.

My affection being equal in your eyes to a sheet of paper.