يا رُستم بن خُداهى

يا ظبيةَ الديوانِ

O Rustam son of Khudahi

O Rustam, son of Khudahi,

O gazelle of the council

O gazelle of the royal Diwan,

أما وحقّ الأيوانِ

والبزم والمهرجانِ

By the right of creatures

I swear by the right of the Iwan,

And revelry and festival

By the banquet assembly and the Mihragan,

وحرمةِ الخسرواني

إذا بكى في الدنان

And sanctity of the kings

By the sanctity of the Khusrawani wine

When he weeps in the abodes

When it weeps within the clay casks,

ورزّةِ العيدانِ

وكلّ بم وثانِ

And bouquet of willows

By the resonance of the lutes,

And every oath and covenant

And every deep string and second chord,

وتهمةِ المجان

ونخوةِ النشوانِ

And blame of the immoral

By the suspicion cast upon the shameless,

And valor of the spears

And the arrogance of the intoxicated,

وبانقلاب الزمانِ

ودولةِ الخصيانِ

And turn of times

By the turning of fortune's wheel,

And rule of the imprudent

And the dominion of the eunuchs,

يمين غاو خليع

مضلّل مخرشاني

The oath of the vile

[This is] the oath of a wayward libertine,

Misguided, wicked

Misguided and impudent.

لقد شككتَ فؤادي

بأسهمِ الهجرانِ

You have doubted my heart

You have pierced my heart

With arrows of estrangement

With the arrows of abandonment.

ففيمَ ذا يا خُداهي

لججتَ في العصيانِ

So why, O Khudahi

So wherefore is this, O Khudahi,

Have you plunged into defiance?

That you persist in such obstinacy?

إن كان وجدُكَ هذا

لقُبلةٍ مذ زمانِ

If this love of yours

If this resentment of yours

Was from olden times

Is over a kiss stolen long ago,

فهاكَ فاقتصَّ منّي

ألغابها يا مهاني

Then here, take vengeance on me

Then come, take your retribution from me;

Overcome me, O disgraced one

Avenge that lapse, O my tormentor.

كذا الجروح قصاصاً

أتت من الديانِ

Thus my wounds avenged

For wounds are settled by retaliation,

Came from the Judge

As decreed by the Divine Judge.

أولا فإن رامَ هذا

درجتُ في أكفاني

But if this was the intent

But if not, and he desires this [estrangement],

Then shrouded I walk to my grave

Then I have already stepped into my shrouds.