وَمُحتجب أَطالَ جَفايَ هَجراً

وَمُحتجب أَطالَ جَفايَ هَجراً

وَلَم أَكُ قَطّ مِنهُ عَصيت أَمرا

وَلَم أَكُ قَطّ مِنهُ عَصيت أَمرا

And a veiled beloved prolonged his coldness toward me by shunning me,

And concealed, he prolonged his estrangement

Though I had never disobeyed a command of his.

And I was never disobedient to him

رَضيتُ بِكُلّ ما يُرضيهِ قَهراً

رَضيتُ بِكُلّ ما يُرضيهِ قَهراً

وَلَو أَمسى عَلى تَلَفي مُصرّا

وَلَو أَمسى عَلى تَلَفي مُصرّا

I accepted under compulsion all that pleases him;

I accepted everything that satisfies him by force

And even if he were bent on my destruction,

Even if he persists in harming me

لَقلت معذّبي بِاللَه زِدني

لَقلت معذّبي بِاللَه زِدني

أَلا يا قاتِلي بِيَد التَجَنّي

أَلا يا قاتِلي بِيَد التَجَنّي

I would say: "My tormentor, by God, give me more!"

I would say to my tormentor, by Allah give me more

Ah, you who slay me with the hand of unjust reproach,

Oh my killer, hold back your hand from me

رويدك أَنتَ قَصدي وَالتمَنّي

رويدك أَنتَ قَصدي وَالتمَنّي

فَإِن أَكُ قَد جَنيتُ فَصدّ عَنّي

فَإِن أَكُ قَد جَنيتُ فَصدّ عَنّي

Be gentle—you are my aim and my longing.

Restrain yourself, you are my aim and wish

For if I have indeed done wrong, then turn away from me,

For if I have been rewarded, then turn away from me

وَلا تسمَح بِوَصلك لي فَإِنّي

وَلا تسمَح بِوَصلك لي فَإِنّي

أَغارُ عَلَيكَ مِنكَ فَكَيفَ منّي

أَغارُ عَلَيكَ مِنكَ فَكَيفَ منّي

And do not grant me union with you, for I

And do not allow your connection to me, for I

am jealous over you even of yourself—how much more, then, of myself?

Am jealous of you, so how could it be from me?