1. وَأَنتِ الَّتي كَلَّفتِني دَلَجَ السُرى

    وَجونُ القَطا بِالجِلهَتَينِ جُثومُ

    And you are the one who made me journey through the night,

    While dark sandgrouse crouch on the valley’s two sides.

  2. وَأَنتِ الَّتي قَطَّعتِ قَلبي حَزازَةً

    وَرَقرَقتِ دَمعَ العَينِ فَهيَ سَجُومُ

    And you are the one who tore my heart with anguish,

    And made tears well up in my eye, so it pours them forth.

  3. وَأَنتِ الَّتي أَغضَبتِ قَومي فَكُلُّهُم

    بَعيدُ الرِضى داني الصُدودِ كَظيمُ

    And you are the one who angered my people, so all of them

    Are far from being pleased, near to turning away, full of stifled anger.

  4. وَأَنتِ الَّتي أَخلَفتِني ما وَعَدتِني

    وَأَشمَتِّ بي مَن كانَ فيكِ يَلومُ

    And you are the one who failed to keep what you promised me,

    And made those who blamed me on your account gloat over me.

  5. وَأَبرَزتِني لِلناسِ ثُمَّ تَرَكتِني

    لَهُم غَرَضاً أُرمى وَأَنتِ سَليمُ

    And you exposed me before the people, then left me

    A target for them to shoot at, while you remain unharmed.

  6. فَلَو أَنَّ قَولاً يَكلِمُ الجِسمَ قَد بَدا

    بِجِسمِيَ مِن قَولِ الوُشاةِ كُلومُ

    For if speech could wound the body, there would have appeared

    Wounds on my body from the tale-bearers’ words.