قُلْ لمَن زاد إِذ تَباعد بُعْدا

قُلْ لمَن زاد إِذ تَباعد بُعْدا

وتَناسى عهْدِي ولم أَنْسَ عهْدا

وتَناسى عهْدِي ولم أَنْسَ عهْدا

Say to the one who grew more distant as he drew away,

Say to the one who grew distant when we parted ways

And feigned forgetting my pledge, though I forgot no pledge:

And forgot my pledge though I've not forgotten our bond

لا يَغُرَّنْكَ ما تَرى مِن ودِادِي

لا يَغُرَّنْكَ ما تَرى مِن ودِادِي

فَلَعلِّي إِنْ شِئْتُ غَيَّرْتُ ودَّا

فَلَعلِّي إِنْ شِئْتُ غَيَّرْتُ ودَّا

Do not let the affection you see in me deceive you;

Do not be fooled by the affection you see from me

For perhaps, if I wished, I could change my love.

For if I wished, I could change my love in an instant

لا وحقِّ الهَوى وحقِّ لَيالِي

لا وحقِّ الهَوى وحقِّ لَيالِي

هِ ومن صاغَ حُسْن وجْهِك فَرْدا

هِ ومن صاغَ حُسْن وجْهِك فَرْدا

No—by love, and by the nights

No, by the true passion and the truth of those nights

Of love, and by Him who fashioned your face's peerless beauty,

And the one who uniquely crafted your beauty

ما أُطِيقُ الَّذِي ادَّعيْت ولَوْ مُلْ

ما أُطِيقُ الَّذِي ادَّعيْت ولَوْ مُلْ

لِكْتُهُ لم أَكُنْ لغَيْركَ عبْدا

لِكْتُهُ لم أَكُنْ لغَيْركَ عبْدا

I cannot do what I claimed; and even if I were granted

I cannot bear what you claimed even if I were

The power to do so, I would be a slave to none but you.

Given mastery, for I'll be slave to none but you