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I do not reproach the darling of my heart for his crime,

لا أجازى حبيب قلبي بجرمه

1. I do not reproach the darling of my heart for his crime,
I have more compassion for him than a mother's heart.

١. لا أَجازى حبيبَ قلبي بجرمِهْ
أَنا أَحْنى عليه من قَلْبِ أُمّهْ

2. His injustice is like his justice to one who loves him like me,
And his wrongdoing is like his forgiveness.

٢. جورُه مثلُ عَدْله عِنْدَ من يهـ
ـوَاهُ مِثلي وظُلمُه مثل ظَلْمِه

3. He was miserly with his smile, so I contrived
Until I stole it when he gave me a kiss.

٣. ضنَّ عني بريقه فتحيَّلـ
ـتُ إِلى أَنْ سَرقْتُه عِنْد لَثْمِهْ

4. And until today, for thirty days
The sweetness of his taste still remains in my mouth.

٤. وإِلى اليوم من ثلاثين يوماً
لم تزل في فمي حَلاَوةُ طعمِه

5. Indeed my heart is to his chest, and my sleep
Is under his eyelids, and my soul to his body.

٥. إِنَّ قلبيْ لصدْره ورقادِي
ملكُ أَجفانِه ورُوحِي لِجِسْمِه

6. Tell the beloved's family about me, he came
To us despite you, not in spite of him.

٦. قل لأَهل الحبيبِ عني قد جا
ءَ إِلينا برغْمِكم لا بِرغْمِه

7. He cracks the eyelid with coolness, and I have
No work but to join him when he breaks.

٧. يكسر الجفنَ بالفُتُور ومالِي
عملٌ عند كَسْره غيرُ ضمه

8. And we embraced passionately, then parted,
And the record of sins from us with its seal.

٨. واعتنقنا للوجد ثم افترقنا
وكتاب الأثام عنا بِخَتْمه

9. How they blame him for his love, but what
Can they say about his love or grasp its knowledge?

٩. كَمْ يَلُومُون في هَوَاهُ ومَا ذَا
قُوا هَوَاهُ وَلاَ أَحَاطُوا بِعِلْمِه