أَما مِن حَكَمٍ يعدي

أَما مِن حَكَمٍ يعدي

عَلى مَن سامَني جَهدي

عَلى مَن سامَني جَهدي

Is there no judge to grant redress

Is there no judge to pass

against the one who has taxed me to my limit?

Judgment on those who thwarted me with their toil?

أَما مِن حَكَمٍ يَقضي

أَما مِن حَكَمٍ يَقضي

عَلى المَولاةِ لِلعَبدِ

عَلى المَولاةِ لِلعَبدِ

Is there no judge to rule

Is there no judge to decide

against the mistress in favor of the slave?

On the devotion of a slave?

فَقَد حالَت عَنِ العَهدِ

فَقَد حالَت عَنِ العَهدِ

وَما حُلتُ عَنِ العَهدِ

وَما حُلتُ عَنِ العَهدِ

For she has turned away from the pledge,

For she has turned from her pledge

and I have not turned away from the pledge.

While I have not turned from mine.

عَصيتُ النَّاسَ في حُبِّي

عَصيتُ النَّاسَ في حُبِّي

كَأَنِّي أُمَّةٌ وَحدي

كَأَنِّي أُمَّةٌ وَحدي

I defied the people in my love,

I disobeyed people in my love

as though I were a nation by myself.

As if I were a nation on my own.