أَنا فيما أَنا فيهِ

أَنا فيما أَنا فيهِ

وَعَذولي يَتَعَتَّب

وَعَذولي يَتَعَتَّب

I am in the state I am in,

I am as I am

And my reproacher keeps finding fault.

And my critic annoys me

أَنا لا أُصغي لِما قا

أَنا لا أُصغي لِما قا

لَ فَيَرضى أَو فَيَغضَب

لَ فَيَرضى أَو فَيَغضَب

I pay no heed to what he

I do not listen to what is said

Said—so let him be pleased or angry.

To please or anger him

وَلَقَد أُصغي وَلَكِن

وَلَقَد أُصغي وَلَكِن

أَسمَعُ العَذلَ فَأَطرَب

أَسمَعُ العَذلَ فَأَطرَب

And indeed I listen, but

And I have listened but

I hear the reproach and am delighted.

I hear the criticism and rejoice

جَهِلَ العاذِلُ أَمري

جَهِلَ العاذِلُ أَمري

أَنا بِالعاذِلِ أَلعَب

أَنا بِالعاذِلِ أَلعَب

The reproacher has not understood my situation;

The critic is ignorant of my affair

I toy with the reproacher.

I play with the critic

يا حَبيبي وَنَديمي

يا حَبيبي وَنَديمي

وَاللَيالي تَتَقَلَّب

وَاللَيالي تَتَقَلَّب

O my beloved and my boon companion,

Oh my beloved and my boon companion

And the nights keep changing,

As the nights go by

هاتِ فيما نَحنُ فيهِ

هاتِ فيما نَحنُ فيهِ

وَدَعِ العاذِلَ يَتعَب

وَدَعِ العاذِلَ يَتعَب

Bring it, while we are as we are,

Give me what we are in

And let the reproacher wear himself out.

And leave the critic to toil