قَدْ عَاقَنِي الشَّكُّ فِي أَمْرٍ أَضَعْتُ لَهُ

قَدْ عَاقَنِي الشَّكُّ فِي أَمْرٍ أَضَعْتُ لَهُ

عَزِيمَةَ الرَّأْيِ حَتَّى ضَاقَ كِتْمَانِي

عَزِيمَةَ الرَّأْيِ حَتَّى ضَاقَ كِتْمَانِي

Doubt has held me back in a matter over which I lost

Doubt has estranged me regarding an affair I had resolved

my firmness of judgment, until I could bear concealment no longer.

Until concealing it became too constricting for me

أَوْلَيْتَنِي مِنْكَ وُدّاً قَبْلَ مَعْرِفَةٍ

أَوْلَيْتَنِي مِنْكَ وُدّاً قَبْلَ مَعْرِفَةٍ

ثُمَّ انْثَنَيْتَ بِصَدٍّ قَبْلَ إِعْلانِ

ثُمَّ انْثَنَيْتَ بِصَدٍّ قَبْلَ إِعْلانِ

You bestowed your affection on me before knowing me,

You showed me affection before getting to know me

then turned away in rejection before any declaration.

Then you turned coldly before making it public

فَسَرَّنِي مِنْكَ مَا قَدَّمْتَ مُبْتَدَأً

فَسَرَّنِي مِنْكَ مَا قَدَّمْتَ مُبْتَدَأً

وَسَاءَنِي مِنْكَ مَا أَخَّرْتَ فِي الثَّانِي

وَسَاءَنِي مِنْكَ مَا أَخَّرْتَ فِي الثَّانِي

So what you offered at first delighted me,

What you started with pleased me

and what you reserved for later distressed me.

What you ended with pained me in the second

فَإِنْ يَكُنْ سُوءُ رَأْيٍ أَوْ مَلالُ هَوَىً

فَإِنْ يَكُنْ سُوءُ رَأْيٍ أَوْ مَلالُ هَوَىً

فَإِنَّ كِلْتَيْهِمَا فِي الْقُبْحِ سَيَّانِ

فَإِنَّ كِلْتَيْهِمَا فِي الْقُبْحِ سَيَّانِ

So if it is an ill opinion or weariness of love,

If it was bad judgement or boredom with passion

then both are equal in ugliness.

Then both in their ugliness are the same

فَاكْشِفْ لَنَا عَنْ قِنَاعِ الشَّكِّ نَحْيَ بِهِ

فَاكْشِفْ لَنَا عَنْ قِنَاعِ الشَّكِّ نَحْيَ بِهِ

إِمَّا وِصَالاً وَإِمَّا مَحْضَ هِجْرَانِ

إِمَّا وِصَالاً وَإِمَّا مَحْضَ هِجْرَانِ

So lift for us the veil of doubt, that we may live accordingly:

So uncover for us from behind the mask of doubt with it

either in union or in utter estrangement.

Either union or outright abandonment