أَعطيتُهُ ما سأَلا

أَعطيتُهُ ما سأَلا

حَكَّمْتُهُ لوْ عَدَلا

حَكَّمْتُهُ لوْ عَدَلا

I gave him all that he asked;

I gave him what he asked for.

I made him my judge—had he but been just!

I made him arbiter—if only he were just.

وهَبتُهُ روحي فما

وهَبتُهُ روحي فما

أَدري بهِ ما فَعلا

أَدري بهِ ما فَعلا

I bestowed my soul on him, and yet

I gave him my soul, so I do not

I do not know what he did with it.

know what he has done with it.

أسلَمْتُهُ في يدهِ

أسلَمْتُهُ في يدهِ

عَيشَهُ أَم قَتَلا

عَيشَهُ أَم قَتَلا

I surrendered it into his hand:

I surrendered it into his hand—

whether he let it live or killed it.

whether he kept it alive or killed it.

قَلبي بهِ في شُغُلٍ

قَلبي بهِ في شُغُلٍ

لا مَلَّ ذاكَ الشُّغُلا

لا مَلَّ ذاكَ الشُّغُلا

My heart is absorbed in him;

My heart is preoccupied with him;

may it never tire of that preoccupation.

may it never tire of that preoccupation.

قيَّدهُ الحُبُّ كما

قيَّدهُ الحُبُّ كما

قَيَّدَ راعٍ جَملا

قَيَّدَ راعٍ جَملا

Love has bound it, just as

Love fettered it, just as

a herdsman tethers a camel.

a herdsman fettered a camel.