بذلتُ وإِن ضَنُّوا وَفَيْت وإِنْ خَانوا

بذلتُ وإِن ضَنُّوا وَفَيْت وإِنْ خَانوا

أَحبّايَ لكِنْ ما أَدينُ كما دانوا

أَحبّايَ لكِنْ ما أَدينُ كما دانوا

I gave though they withheld; I was faithful though they betrayed.

I gave though they were stingy, and kept faith though they betrayed.

My beloveds—but I do not treat them as they treated me.

My loved ones - yet I'm not so indebted as they professed.

يبين سروري ين بانُوا لناظري

يبين سروري ين بانُوا لناظري

كما أَن قَلْبي بانَ عَنِّي مُذ بانوا

كما أَن قَلْبي بانَ عَنِّي مُذ بانوا

My joy becomes plain [when] they appear before my eyes,

My joy appears in my gaze when they show themselves to me,

just as my heart has left me since they departed.

Just as my heart revealed itself when first they came to light.

لقد عز عِنْدِي أَن أَعيشَ إِذا نأََوْا

لقد عز عِنْدِي أَن أَعيشَ إِذا نأََوْا

كما هانَ عِنْدي أَنَّ أَعِزَّ إِذَا هَانوا

كما هانَ عِنْدي أَنَّ أَعِزَّ إِذَا هَانوا

Indeed, it is hard for me to live when they are far away,

Living seemed vile when they went away from me,

just as my own exaltation means little to me when they are abased.

Just as, when they were disgraced, the noblest became base in my eyes.

وقد عدلوا في قَتْلِ نَفْسِي وما اعتَدَوْا

وقد عدلوا في قَتْلِ نَفْسِي وما اعتَدَوْا

وقد صَدقُوا في مِلْك قَلْبي وما خَانُوا

وقد صَدقُوا في مِلْك قَلْبي وما خَانُوا

And indeed, they acted justly in killing my soul and did not transgress.

They were equitable in killing my soul, and did not transgress,

And indeed, they were true in possessing my heart and did not betray.

They were true in possessing my heart, and did not betray.

نعم هَجَرُوا صدُّوا تَجنَّوا تَجنَّبُوا

نعم هَجَرُوا صدُّوا تَجنَّوا تَجنَّبُوا

تَنَاسَوْا تَقاسَوْا كُلُّ هَذَا ولاَ كَانُوا

تَنَاسَوْا تَقاسَوْا كُلُّ هَذَا ولاَ كَانُوا

Yes, they forsook me, turned away, accused me unjustly, avoided me;

Yes, they abandoned and opposed and held aloof and avoided me,

they feigned forgetfulness, acted hard-heartedly—all this; would that they had never been!

They forgot and were harsh - yet in all this they were not to blame.

ويُشْتَق فعلُ المسَمياتِ من اسْمِهَا

ويُشْتَق فعلُ المسَمياتِ من اسْمِهَا

لذا خَانَ إِخوانٌ لذا جَارَ جِيرانُ

لذا خَانَ إِخوانٌ لذا جَارَ جِيرانُ

And the deeds of named things are derived from their names:

And the verb of appellations is derived from their noun:

thus brothers betrayed; thus neighbors acted unjustly.

So comrades betrayed, and neighbors deserted.

وبي حُلْوَةُ العينينِ والريقِ والحلي

وبي حُلْوَةُ العينينِ والريقِ والحلي

تجمّع فيها الظبيُ والغصنُ والبَانُ

تجمّع فيها الظبيُ والغصنُ والبَانُ

And I am smitten with a woman sweet of eyes, saliva, and adornment;

In me is the sweetness of the eyes, the saliva, and the ornaments -

in her are united the gazelle, the bough, and the bān tree.

In me the gazelle, the branch, and the bright moon are gathered.

هي الحسنُ مَجْمُوعٌ هِيَ البدرُ كَامِلٌ

هي الحسنُ مَجْمُوعٌ هِيَ البدرُ كَامِلٌ

هي الظَّبيُ وسْنَانٌ هي الغصُن فَيْنَانُ

هي الظَّبيُ وسْنَانٌ هي الغصُن فَيْنَانُ

She is beauty gathered in one; she is the full moon, complete.

I am beauty embodied, the perfect full moon,

She is the drowsy gazelle; she is the luxuriant bough.

I am the gazelle, the tender branch, the sapling luxuriant.