تَعالَلتِ عَن وَصلِ المُعَنّى بِكِ الصَبِّ

تَعالَلتِ عَن وَصلِ المُعَنّى بِكِ الصَبِّ

وَآثَرتِ بُعدَ الدارِ مِنّا عَلى القُربِ

وَآثَرتِ بُعدَ الدارِ مِنّا عَلى القُربِ

You made excuses to avoid union with the lovesick one tormented by you,

You turned away from joining meaning with you, O love

and preferred dwelling far from us to being near.

And preferred the remoteness of the abode from us over nearness

وَحَمَّلتِني ذَنبَ الفِراقِ وَإِنَّهُ

وَحَمَّلتِني ذَنبَ الفِراقِ وَإِنَّهُ

لَذَنبُكِ إِن أَنصَفتِ في الحُكمِ لاذَنبي

لَذَنبُكِ إِن أَنصَفتِ في الحُكمِ لاذَنبي

And you laid the blame for parting on me, though it

And you charged me with the sin of separation, yet it

is surely your fault, if you judge fairly, not mine.

Is your sin, if you judge fairly, not my sin

وَوَاللَهِ ما اِختَرتُ السُلُوَّ عَلى الهَوى

وَوَاللَهِ ما اِختَرتُ السُلُوَّ عَلى الهَوى

وَلا حُلتُ عَمّا تَعهِدينَ مِنَ الحُبِّ

وَلا حُلتُ عَمّا تَعهِدينَ مِنَ الحُبِّ

And, by God, I have not chosen forgetfulness over passion,

By God, I did not choose composure over passion

nor have I turned from the love you have known.

Nor did I refrain from what you charged me with of love

وَلا اِزدادَ إِلّا جِدَّةً وَتَمَكُّناً

وَلا اِزدادَ إِلّا جِدَّةً وَتَمَكُّناً

مَحَلُّكِ مِن نَفسي وَحَظُّكِ مِن قَلبي

مَحَلُّكِ مِن نَفسي وَحَظُّكِ مِن قَلبي

And only fresher and more firmly rooted have grown

But it only increased in intensity and establishment

your place in my soul and your share of my heart.

Your status in my soul, your share of my heart

فَلا تَجمَعي هَجراً وَعَتباً فَلَم أَجِد

فَلا تَجمَعي هَجراً وَعَتباً فَلَم أَجِد

جَليداً عَلى هَجرِ الأَحِبَّةِ وَالعَتبِ

جَليداً عَلى هَجرِ الأَحِبَّةِ وَالعَتبِ

So do not combine estrangement with reproach, for I have found no one

So do not combine estrangement and reproach, for I have not found

steadfast under loved ones’ estrangement and reproach.

Composure in estrangement from loved ones and reproach