جافيتني والذنبُ ذنبك

جافيتني والذنبُ ذنبك

وظلمتني فالله حسبُكْ

وظلمتني فالله حسبُكْ

You shunned me, though the fault is yours;

You shunned me, and the fault is yours.

you wronged me—God alone is enough to deal with you.

And you wronged me—God is enough to deal with you.

ما بال قلبكَ لا ير

ما بال قلبكَ لا ير

قُّ أمن صميمِ الصخرِ قلبكْ

قُّ أمن صميمِ الصخرِ قلبكْ

What ails your heart, that it will not soften?

Why does your heart not grow

Is your heart hewn from the very core of rock?

tender? Is your heart from the very core of rock?

وبخلتَ حتى بالرسائ

وبخلتَ حتى بالرسائ

لِ خوفَ أن تشفيهِ كتبكْ

لِ خوفَ أن تشفيهِ كتبكْ

You withheld even letters from me,

And you begrudged even

for fear your writing might heal me.

letters, for fear your writings might heal it.

وضننتَ حتى بالعتا

وضننتَ حتى بالعتا

بِ وربما يكفيهِ عتبكْ

بِ وربما يكفيهِ عتبكْ

You begrudged me even a word of reproach,

And you withheld even

though perhaps your rebuke alone might suffice me.

reproach—and perhaps your reproach would suffice for it.

ومنعتَ ختى الطيفَ لا

ومنعتَ ختى الطيفَ لا

يدنو وقربُ الطيفِ قربكْ

يدنو وقربُ الطيفِ قربكْ

You even forbade your phantom to

And you barred even the phantom; it does not

draw near—though its nearness would be yours.

draw near, and the phantom's nearness is your nearness.

صلني أو اهجرْ إنني

صلني أو اهجرْ إنني

في الوصلِ والهجرِ أحبكْ

في الوصلِ والهجرِ أحبكْ

Come back to me, or forsake me; truly I

Be with me or forsake me—indeed, I

love you alike in union and estrangement.

love you in union and in estrangement.

ولقد ترى أن الوفا

ولقد ترى أن الوفا

دأبي فما للصدِّ دأبكْ

دأبي فما للصدِّ دأبكْ

You surely see that faithfulness

And surely you see that fidelity

is my constant way—why make rebuffing yours?

is my habit; why, then, is rejection your habit?

كلُّ الأنامِ عواذلي

كلُّ الأنامِ عواذلي

صحبي يعنفني وصحبكْ

صحبي يعنفني وصحبكْ

All humankind has turned reproacher:

All people are my reproachers;

my friends rebuke me, and yours do too.

my companions rebuke me, and so do yours.

فاعجب وتِهْ ماذا علي

فاعجب وتِهْ ماذا علي

كَ إذا أذلَ الناسَ عجبكْ

كَ إذا أذلَ الناسَ عجبكْ

Then glory in yourself and strut—what care is it to you

So be vain and swagger—what harm is it to

when your pride has humbled everyone?

you if your conceit humiliates people?

إن تبتعدْ أو تقتربْ

إن تبتعدْ أو تقتربْ

فأنا على الحالينِ صبُّكْ

فأنا على الحالينِ صبُّكْ

Whether you withdraw or draw near,

If you draw away or draw near,

in either state, I am your ardent lover.

then, in either case, I am your ardent lover.