هذا الصلف الزائر في معناه

هذا الصلف الزائر في معناه

قد حيَّرني فلست أدري ما هو

قد حيَّرني فلست أدري ما هو

This arrogant visitor, as to his meaning,

This impudence visiting in its meaning

Has bewildered me, so I do not know what he is.

Has confused me, so I know not what it is

كم يحملُ قلبي من تجنيك ولا

كم يحملُ قلبي من تجنيك ولا

يدري أحدٌ بذاك إلا الله

يدري أحدٌ بذاك إلا الله

How much my heart bears of your injustice—and

How much my heart carries of your wrongdoing, and

No one knows of that but God.

None but God knows that