وَما بِعتُكُم روحي بِأَيسَرِ وَصلِكُم

وَما بِعتُكُم روحي بِأَيسَرِ وَصلِكُم

وَبي مِن غِنىً عَن قَبضِ ما لِيَ مِن حَقِّ

وَبي مِن غِنىً عَن قَبضِ ما لِيَ مِن حَقِّ

And I did not sell you my soul for the slightest closeness to you

I did not sell you my soul for your easy union

without needing to receive what is rightfully mine.

And I have no need of the grasp of my right from you

وَلَو أَنَّ لي صَبراً عَلى مُرِّ هَجرِكُم

وَلَو أَنَّ لي صَبراً عَلى مُرِّ هَجرِكُم

صَبَرتُ وَما أَمسَيتُ مِن رِبقَةِ الرِقِّ

صَبَرتُ وَما أَمسَيتُ مِن رِبقَةِ الرِقِّ

And had I patience to bear your bitter abandonment,

If I had patience for the bitterness of your abandonment

I would have endured, and not found myself in slavery's halter.

I would have patience, and would not become a slave to slavery