جَعَلْتُ إِلَيْكِ الهَوَى

جَعَلْتُ إِلَيْكِ الهَوَى

شَفِيْعَاً فَلَمْ تِشْفَعِي

شَفِيْعَاً فَلَمْ تِشْفَعِي

I set love before you

I made my love an intercessor to you, but you did not intercede

as an intercessor, but you would not heed its plea.

And I called out, pleading for your acceptance, but you did not hear

وَنَادَيْتُ مُسْتَعْطِفاً

وَنَادَيْتُ مُسْتَعْطِفاً

رِضَاكِ فَلَمْ تَسْمَعِي

رِضَاكِ فَلَمْ تَسْمَعِي

And I called out, imploring

You left me rejected, a body filled with pain

your favor, but you did not listen.

And you tempted me with tears that burnt my tears

أَتَارِكَتِي مُدْنَفَاً

أَتَارِكَتِي مُدْنَفَاً

أَخَا جِسَدٍ مُوجَعِ

أَخَا جِسَدٍ مُوجَعِ

Are you leaving me sick with love,

When you captured the most precious of glances

with a body racked with pain,

You were harsh and turned me away

وَمُغْرِيَتِي بِالدُّمُوعِ

وَمُغْرِيَتِي بِالدُّمُوعِ

قَدْ أَحْرَقَتْ مَدْمَعِي

قَدْ أَحْرَقَتْ مَدْمَعِي

and driving me to tears

Yet my heart remains with me

that have scorched my tear duct?

أَحِيْنَ سَبَيْتِ الفُؤَا

أَحِيْنَ سَبَيْتِ الفُؤَا

دَ بِالنَّظَرِ المُطْمِعِ

دَ بِالنَّظَرِ المُطْمِعِ

Was it when you captured my heart

with your hope-kindling gaze,

جَفَوْتِ وَأَقْصَيْتِنِي

جَفَوْتِ وَأَقْصَيْتِنِي

فَهَلاَّ وَقَلْبِي مَعِي

فَهَلاَّ وَقَلْبِي مَعِي

that you shunned me and drove me away?

Then why not while my heart was still with me?