أَسَيِّدَتي هاتي فَدَيتُكِ ما جُرمي

فَأَنزِلَ فيما تَشتَهينَ مِنَ الحُكمِ

My mistress, for your sake I sacrifice myself, what was my crime

So decree what you desire of the judgments

تَلاعَبتِ بي يا عُتبُ ثُمَّ حَمَلتِني

عَلى مَركَبٍ بَينَ المَنِيَّةِ وَالسُقمِ

You toyed with me, oh reproach, then carried me

Onto a ship between death and sickness

خَليلَيَّ ما لي لا تَزالُ مَضَرَّتي

تَكونُ عَلى الأَقدارِ حَتماً مِنَ الحَتمِ

My intimate, why do you remain my tormentor

Always destined by fate upon the fates

يُصابُ فُؤادي حينَ أُرمى وَرَميَتي

تَعودُ إِلى نَحري وَيَسلَمُ مَن أَرمي

My heart is struck when I shoot and my shooting

Returns to my throat and the one I shoot is safe

صَبَرتُ وَلا وَاللَهِ ما بي جَلادَةٌ

عَلى الصَبرِ لَكِن قَد صَبَرتُ عَلى رَغمي

I have patience—by God I have no endurance

For patience, yet I have been patient despite myself

أَلا في سَبيلِ اللَهِ جِسمي وَقُوَّتي

أَلا مُسعِدٌ حَتّى أَنوحَ عَلى جِسمي

By God my body and strength are for His cause

I am blessed until I weep over my body

تُعَدُّ عِظامي واحِداً بَعدَ واحِدٍ

بِمَنحى مِنَ العُذّالِ عَظماً عَلى عَظمِ

My bones counted one by one

By a turn from the tormentor bone over bone

كَفاكِ بِحَقِّ اللَهِ ما قَد ظَلَمتِني

فَهَذا مَقامُ المُستَجيرِ مِنَ الظُلمِ

By God’s right enough! You have not wronged me

This is the station of one seeking refuge from injustice