نسيتُ لما الحبيبُ لي هَجرا

نسيتُ لما الحبيبُ لي هَجرا

لومي ولمتُ الفؤادَ إذ صَبرا

لومي ولمتُ الفؤادَ إذ صَبرا

When my beloved forsook me, I forgot

When my lover left me, I forgot all

my reproach, and blamed my heart for its patience.

I blamed myself, though my heart showed patience

هَذا مُدل بحسنِ صورتهِ

هَذا مُدل بحسنِ صورتهِ

وذاك لم يقضِ من هوى وطَرا

وذاك لم يقضِ من هوى وطَرا

This one is proud of the beauty of his form,

One attracts with his beauty

and that one has satisfied no longing in love.

Another hasn't fulfilled the passion of love

لا عذَّبَ اللَه من بلي بهوى

لا عذَّبَ اللَه من بلي بهوى

ولا ابتلى بالصدودِ من غَدرا

ولا ابتلى بالصدودِ من غَدرا

May God never torment anyone afflicted with love,

May God not torment one afflicted by love

nor afflict anyone who has betrayed with rejection.

Or test with rejection one who betrays

فقد سئمتُ الحياةَ بينَهما

فقد سئمتُ الحياةَ بينَهما

وأبدلاني من صَفوِها كدرا

وأبدلاني من صَفوِها كدرا

For I have grown weary of life between them,

For I'm tired of life between them

and they both have given me murk in place of its clarity.

They've changed its serenity into bitterness