يَقُولون لي أَعرَضتَ عَمَّن تُحبُّهُ

يَقُولون لي أَعرَضتَ عَمَّن تُحبُّهُ

كَذَبتُم وَلَكن لَم يَكُن رائِقَ النَفسِ

كَذَبتُم وَلَكن لَم يَكُن رائِقَ النَفسِ

They say to me, “You have turned away from the one you love.”

They say that I have turned away from the one I love

You lie; yet he was not serene in spirit.

They lied, but he was not gentle of spirit

وَلَم يَكُن الإِعراضُ مِنّي تَعَمُّداً

وَلَم يَكُن الإِعراضُ مِنّي تَعَمُّداً

وَهَل يُمكِنُ الإِعراضُ عَن غايَةِ الأُنسِ

وَهَل يُمكِنُ الإِعراضُ عَن غايَةِ الأُنسِ

Nor was my turning away deliberate.

My turning away was not intentional

And can one turn away from the height of intimacy?

How could one turn away from the pinnacle of intimacy?

وَلَكن صَرَفتُ الطَرفَ مِن نُور وَجهِهِ

وَلَكن صَرَفتُ الطَرفَ مِن نُور وَجهِهِ

كَما تُصرَفُ الأَبصارُ عَن قُرصَةِ الشَمسِ

كَما تُصرَفُ الأَبصارُ عَن قُرصَةِ الشَمسِ

But I averted my gaze from the light of his face,

Rather, I averted my eyes from the light of his face

As eyes are averted from the disc of the sun.

As sights turn away from the disk of the sun