ليتَني لَمْ أَكُنْ لعَطْفِكِ نِلْتُ

ليتَني لَمْ أَكُنْ لعَطْفِكِ نِلْتُ

وإلى ذلكَ الوِصَالِ وصلتُ

وإلى ذلكَ الوِصَالِ وصلتُ

Would that I had never gained your affection,

If only I had never attained your kindness

Nor reached that union.

And reached that union

فالذي مِنِّي اشْتَمَلْتِ عليهِ

فالذي مِنِّي اشْتَمَلْتِ عليهِ

أَلِعَارٍ ما قَدْ عليهِ اشْتَمَلْتُ

أَلِعَارٍ ما قَدْ عليهِ اشْتَمَلْتُ

For what you embraced of me—

For what you have blamed me for

Is what I have embraced a cause for shame?

Is but shame I have brought upon myself

قالَ ذُو الجَهْلِ قَدْ حَلُمْتَ ولا أَعْ

قالَ ذُو الجَهْلِ قَدْ حَلُمْتَ ولا أَعْ

لَمُ أَنِّي حَلُمْتُ حتى جَهِلتُ

لَمُ أَنِّي حَلُمْتُ حتى جَهِلتُ

The ignorant one said, 'You have been forbearing'; and I do not

The ignorant said I have become wise but I do not know

know that I was forbearing until I acted rashly.

That I had become wise until I was ignorant

لائمٌ لي بجهلِهِ ولماذا

لائمٌ لي بجهلِهِ ولماذا

أنا وَحْدِي أَحْبَبْتُ ثُمَّ قَتَلْتُ

أنا وَحْدِي أَحْبَبْتُ ثُمَّ قَتَلْتُ

One reproaches me in his ignorance—and why?

He blames me for my ignorance but why

I alone loved, then killed.

Did I alone love then kill

سَوْفَ آسى طولَ الحياةِ وأبكي

سَوْفَ آسى طولَ الحياةِ وأبكي

كِ على ما فَعَلْتِ لا ما فَعَلْتُ

كِ على ما فَعَلْتِ لا ما فَعَلْتُ

I shall grieve throughout my life and weep

I will grieve my whole life and cry over

for you over what you did, not what I did.

What you have done, not what I have done