أظهرتُ من كَمدي ما كانَ مَستورا

أظهرتُ من كَمدي ما كانَ مَستورا

فصارَ ما لَم أزل أطويهِ مَنشورا

فصارَ ما لَم أزل أطويهِ مَنشورا

I revealed what had been hidden of my anguish.

I revealed what was hidden of my inner pain

So what I had never ceased to fold away was spread open.

And so what I had always concealed became exposed

ولم أجِد عندَ قلبٍ لا يُساعِدني

ولم أجِد عندَ قلبٍ لا يُساعِدني

صَبراً على القتلِ بالهجرانِ مَشكوا

صَبراً على القتلِ بالهجرانِ مَشكوا

Nor did I find, in a heart that does not aid me,

And I did not find in a heart that would not help me

patience for the lamented slaying by abandonment.

Patience over being killed by estrangement, any consolation

إذا انصرفتُ إلى أن كيفَ أنت ولم

إذا انصرفتُ إلى أن كيفَ أنت ولم

أصبحتُ فيكَ بعقبِ الذلِّ مَعذورا

أصبحتُ فيكَ بعقبِ الذلِّ مَعذورا

When I turned to asking how you are, and why

When I turned to see how you were, and had not

I had become excused concerning you after humiliation,

Become, after such humiliation, exonerated

علمتُ أنكَ معنى الناسِ كلّهم

علمتُ أنكَ معنى الناسِ كلّهم

وإن أجبتُكَ أمراً كان مَقدورا

وإن أجبتُكَ أمراً كان مَقدورا

I knew that you are the meaning of all people,

I knew that you embodied the meaning of all mankind

and if I answered you, it was a matter foreordained.

And if I had obeyed you, it would have been destined