ليت شعري كيف أرضى

بعد شـهرٍ منك غـدرا

If only I knew how I could be appeased,

After a month of your betrayal.

هل أنا في الحبِّ طـفلٌ

أم أنا ضـيعتُ خُــبْرا؟

Am I but a child in love,

Or have I lost all my experience?

رغم أني في الهوى غِرْ

ـرٌ ، فعندي مـنه قـدرا.

Though in passion I am but a nov-

-ice, I still possess a measure of its knowledge.

خُنتَ يا من كنتَ فجري

لم يعـدْ لي بعدُ فـجرا!

You betrayed me, O you who were my dawn,

And now I have no dawn left at all!

عشتُ يوماً إثـْرَ يـومٍ:

لَوْعَـةً،كـذْباً، فَـنُكْرا

I have lived day after day:

In anguish, deceit, and denial.

لا تحاولْ صَرْفَ فكري

عن عيوبٍ فيـك تـتْرى

Do not try to divert my thoughts

From your flaws that follow one after another.

أنـت، إنْ أنـكرتَ ودّي

فأنـا أحْفَظْهُ دَهْـرا

As for you, if you deny my affection,

I shall preserve it for a lifetime.

كنتُ دومـاً في صِراعٍ

غير أنـي، زدتُ صَـبْرا

I was always caught in a struggle,

Yet I only grew more patient.

رغم حرصي، صرتُ طَوْعاً

لك ما خالفتُ أمـرا

Despite my caution, I became entirely compliant

To you, never disobeying a single command.

ليس خِزْياً، بـل فخـاراً

أنْ ترى الإدبـار نصرا

It is no disgrace, but rather a pride,

That you consider turning your back a victory.

حَمْلُ وِزْرٍ، فـوق وِزْرٍ

منك لي أرضاهُ قَـهْـرا

Bearing burden upon burden,

From you, I accept it under compulsion.

لا تقابـلْ كل يـومٍ

مُنْيَـتـي بالخـير كُـفْرا

Do not meet every single day

My sincere wishes with sheer ingratitude,

أو تُرِدْني في العِدى،واغْـ

ـفرْلخصمٍ إنْ تَحَرّى

Or cast me among enemies, and for-

-give an adversary if he seeks the truth.

فَهْوَ لا يبـغي شـقانا

إنمــا حَــقّاً أقَـرّا!

For he does not desire our misery,

He has merely affirmed a truth!

حين يحـلو فيك ذكري

زُرْ ولو في الحلم سِـرّا

Whenever the memory of me grows sweet to you,

Visit me, even if secretly in a dream.

ياحبيبـي لا تمـانـعْ

آتنـي بالعفـو جـهرا

O my beloved, do not refuse,

Come to me openly with forgiveness.

عُـدْ وشاركني همومي

إنَّ لي في العَـوْدِ خـيرا

Return and share in my sorrows,

For in your return, there is good for me.

تُبْ وسامحْ، لا تبارحْ

سـوف آتي بعدُ فَـوْرا.

Repent and forgive, do not depart,

And I shall come to you immediately after.