ناجَيتُ فَما راق مُحبّي النَجوى

ناجَيتُ فَما راق مُحبّي النَجوى

ما الحيلَةُ بَعدَما اِستَحال الشَكوى

ما الحيلَةُ بَعدَما اِستَحال الشَكوى

I spoke in confidence, but my lover was not pleased by the secret talk.

I whispered, but my beloved disliked whispering

What recourse is left, now that complaint has become impossible?

What's the use after complaining became impossible

مَهما خلص القَوم نَجيّاً بَهَتَت

مَهما خلص القَوم نَجيّاً بَهَتَت

مِن خيفة قَصدِها خلالَ النَجوى

مِن خيفة قَصدِها خلالَ النَجوى

Whenever the people withdrew to confer privately, she was bewildered,

No matter how sincere the people became when whispering

For fear that their secret talk was directed at her.

Their whispers were perplexed with fear and anxiety