مالَ عنّي إِلى الجَفاءِ حَبيبي

مالَ عنّي إِلى الجَفاءِ حَبيبي

وَنَكاني بِجَفاهُ أَقوى نِكايهْ

وَنَكاني بِجَفاهُ أَقوى نِكايهْ

My beloved turned away from me toward estrangement,

My beloved has turned away from me to harshness

and wounded me most grievously with his coldness.

And with his harshness he has deeply wounded me

قُلتُ مُذ طالَ ميله لِجَفائي

قُلتُ مُذ طالَ ميله لِجَفائي

إِنَّ فيهِ مَيلاً بِدونِ نِهايَه

إِنَّ فيهِ مَيلاً بِدونِ نِهايَه

I said, as his inclination to shun me persisted:

Since he began turning to harshness with me

“Indeed, in him is an inclination without end.”

I said, his leaning to my harshness is without end