عَذّبْتِ رِقّةَ قلبي

عَذّبْتِ رِقّةَ قلبي

ظلماً بقسْوَةِ قَلْبِكْ

ظلماً بقسْوَةِ قَلْبِكْ

You tormented my heart's tenderness

You tortured the tenderness of my heart

unjustly, with the hardness of your heart.

Unjustly with the harshness of yours

وَسِمْتِ جسميَ سقماً

وَسِمْتِ جسميَ سقماً

وما شفيتِ بطبّك

وما شفيتِ بطبّك

And you afflicted my body with sickness,

And sickened my body

and did not heal me with your medicine.

Yet did not heal me with your medicine

أسخطْتُ كلّ عدُوٍّ

أسخطْتُ كلّ عدُوٍّ

رَضِيْتِهِ لمُحِبّك

رَضِيْتِهِ لمُحِبّك

I angered every enemy

I displeased every enemy

you approved of for your lover.

Pleasing him for your lover

من لي بصبْرٍ جميلٍ

من لي بصبْرٍ جميلٍ

على رياضة صعبك

على رياضة صعبك

Who will grant me gracious patience

Who can grant me beautiful patience

in taming your unruly nature?

For the difficulties of your aloofness

فيا تَشَوّقَ بُعْدي

فيا تَشَوّقَ بُعْدي

إلى تَنَسّمِ قُربك

إلى تَنَسّمِ قُربك

And oh, how my distance yearns

Oh how I long from afar

to breathe the breeze of your nearness!

To breathe in the nearness of you

أمَا ومُرْسَلٍ وَحْفٍ

أمَا ومُرْسَلٍ وَحْفٍ

يُغْري بتقبيلِ كعبك

يُغْري بتقبيلِ كعبك

Indeed, by flowing, luxuriant hair

With a letter-bearer and authentic missive

that entices one to kiss your ankle,

Tempting me to kiss your ankles

وَوَجْنَةٍ غَمَسَتْها

وَوَجْنَةٍ غَمَسَتْها

في الوَرْد صبغة ربك

في الوَرْد صبغة ربك

and by a cheek that has been dipped

And cheeks that your Lord

in roses by your Lord's dye:

Dyed in the color of roses

لَقَدْ جنحتُ لسلمي

لَقَدْ جنحتُ لسلمي

كما جنحتِ لحربِك

كما جنحتِ لحربِك

I have indeed inclined toward my peace,

Indeed I inclined to my peace

as you have inclined toward your war.

As you inclined to your war

فبالدّلالِ الذي زا

فبالدّلالِ الذي زا

دَ في ملاحةِ عُجْبك

دَ في ملاحةِ عُجْبك

So, by the coquetry that has added

So by the guide whom you sent

to the charm of your self-admiration,

Increasing the pride of your vanity

فُكّي من الأسرِ قلباً

فُكّي من الأسرِ قلباً

عليه طابَعُ حُبّك

عليه طابَعُ حُبّك

free from captivity a heart

Release from captivity a heart

that bears the seal of your love,

Branded with the mark of your love

ونَعّمِيني بعُتبى

ونَعّمِيني بعُتبى

فقد شقيتُ بِعَتْبِك

فقد شقيتُ بِعَتْبِك

and comfort me with reconciliation,

And favor me with your rebuke

for I have suffered from your reproach.

For I am miserable due to your reproach