ظَلَمَني والظُّلْمُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ

ظَلَمَني والظُّلْمُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ

وَجازَ في الظُّلْمِ مَدى حَدِّهِ

وَجازَ في الظُّلْمِ مَدى حَدِّهِ

He wronged me—and wrongdoing comes from him—

He wronged me, and the wrong was from him,

and in wrongdoing went beyond its furthest limit:

And he exceeded the limit in that wrong.

ظَبْيٌ غَدا طَرْفي لهُ ناظِراً

ظَبْيٌ غَدا طَرْفي لهُ ناظِراً

لَمَّا رأى قَلْبيَ مِنْ جُنْدِهِ

لَمَّا رأى قَلْبيَ مِنْ جُنْدِهِ

a gazelle whom my eye began to watch,

A gazelle, whose glance became mine,

when he saw my heart among his troops.

When he saw that my heart was his soldier.

فَدَيْتُ مَنْ صَبْري عَلى جَوْرِهِ

فَدَيْتُ مَنْ صَبْري عَلى جَوْرِهِ

أَحْسَنُ مِنْ صَبْري عَلى فَقْدِهِ

أَحْسَنُ مِنْ صَبْري عَلى فَقْدِهِ

I would ransom him: my endurance of his cruelty

I ransomed the one who had patience over his tyranny,

is better than my endurance of his loss.

Better than my patience over losing him.

انْظُرْ إِلَيْهِ وَإِلى خَدِّهِ

انْظُرْ إِلَيْهِ وَإِلى خَدِّهِ

والعارِضِ المُثْبَتِ في خَدِّهِ

والعارِضِ المُثْبَتِ في خَدِّهِ

Look at him and at his cheek,

Look at him and his cheek,

and the down rooted in his cheek.

And the moles settled on his cheek.

كَأَنَّهُ فَجْرُ وِصالٍ بَدا

كَأَنَّهُ فَجْرُ وِصالٍ بَدا

تَحْتَ ظَلامٍ مِنْ دُجى صَدِّهِ

تَحْتَ ظَلامٍ مِنْ دُجى صَدِّهِ

As though it were a dawn of union appearing

It is as if it is the dawn of union that appeared,

beneath the darkness of his rejection's night.

Under darkness from the intensity of its veil.

تَحْسُدُهُ الشَّمسُ عَلى حُسْنِهِ

تَحْسُدُهُ الشَّمسُ عَلى حُسْنِهِ

كما يَغارُ الغُصْنُ مِنْ قَدِّهِ

كما يَغارُ الغُصْنُ مِنْ قَدِّهِ

The sun envies him for his beauty,

The sun envies him for his beauty,

just as the bough is jealous of his stature.

Like a branch envies its twigs.