يُكَذِّبُ أَقوالَ الوُشاةِ صُدودُها

يُكَذِّبُ أَقوالَ الوُشاةِ صُدودُها

وَيَجتازُها عَنّي كَأَن لا أُريدُها

وَيَجتازُها عَنّي كَأَن لا أُريدُها

Her shunning belies the tale-bearers’ words,

He repels the gossip of slanderers

And carries her away from me, as though I did not desire her.

And overcomes it for me as though I do not want it

وَتَحتَ مَجاري الدَمعِ مِنّا مَوَدَّةٌ

وَتَحتَ مَجاري الدَمعِ مِنّا مَوَدَّةٌ

تُلاحِظُ سِرّاً لا يُنادي وَليدُها

تُلاحِظُ سِرّاً لا يُنادي وَليدُها

And beneath the channels of our tears lies a love

And beneath the streams of tears there is affection between us

That gazes in secret, its infant making no cry.

That secretly observes without calling out to its child

رَفَعتُ عَنِ الدُنيا المُنى غَيرَ وُدِّها

رَفَعتُ عَنِ الدُنيا المُنى غَيرَ وُدِّها

فَما أَسأَلُ الدُنيا وَلا أَستَزيدُها

فَما أَسأَلُ الدُنيا وَلا أَستَزيدُها

I have relinquished worldly hopes, save for her affection;

I have lifted from this life desires other than its own

So I ask nothing of the world, nor seek more from it.

So I do not ask this life for more nor seek to increase it