هُم قد جَفَوا وجفاهُم مالهُ سببُ

هُم قد جَفَوا وجفاهُم مالهُ سببُ

وكلَّما جادَ قلبي بالرِّصا غَضبوا

وكلَّما جادَ قلبي بالرِّصا غَضبوا

They have turned away, and their estrangement has no cause.

They turned away, though I know not why,

And whenever my heart freely offers contentment, they grow angry.

Each time my heart is kind, they angry grow.

أفديهمُ إن نضسوا عَهدي وإن ذَكروا

أفديهمُ إن نضسوا عَهدي وإن ذَكروا

بِمُقلتيَّ وإن شَطُّوا وإن قربُوا

بِمُقلتيَّ وإن شَطُّوا وإن قربُوا

I would ransom them, whether they forget my pledge or remember it,

I'd ransom them, though our pact they deny,

with my two eyes, whether they go far away or draw near;

If they but mentioned me, be it high or low.

وإن هُم أقسطوا في الحُب أو قسطوا

وإن هُم أقسطوا في الحُب أو قسطوا

واعتبوا المستهامَ الصبَّ أم عَتبوا

واعتبوا المستهامَ الصبَّ أم عَتبوا

And whether they are just in love or unjust,

Be they most just or unjust in love's span,

and appease the love-distraught, yearning lover or reproach him.

Or blame the smitten one, or him who withdrew,

عُلِّقتهُم وغُصونُ العُمرِ مورقةٌ

عُلِّقتهُم وغُصونُ العُمرِ مورقةٌ

ريَّانةٌ وجلابيبُ الصبِّا قُشبُ

ريَّانةٌ وجلابيبُ الصبِّا قُشبُ

I fell in love with them while the boughs of life were leafy,

I clung to them when life's boughs burgeoned and ran

well-watered, and the robes of youth were new.

With sap, and the days of youth were fresh with dew,

لا والذي أسلفُوني من صنيعتهم

لا والذي أسلفُوني من صنيعتهم

قدماً وهذي يمينٌ حقُّها يجبُ

قدماً وهذي يمينٌ حقُّها يجبُ

No—by the kindness they bestowed on me

No, by Him from whom came the boon of their grace,

long ago—and this is an oath whose due must be honored—

By hand and troth, their due cannot be ignored,

جادَت معالِمهُم وطفاءُ ساريةٌ

جادَت معالِمهُم وطفاءُ ساريةٌ

تبيتُ فيها حواشي البَرقِ تَلتَهبُ

تبيتُ فيها حواشي البَرقِ تَلتَهبُ

May a dense cloud traveling by night drench their dwelling places;

Their signposts stood though the campfire died apace

within it, the fringes of lightning blaze all night.

And lightning flickers spawned by the clouds were stored

ولا جَفَت أرضهم والأرضُ مُجدبةٌ

ولا جَفَت أرضهم والأرضُ مُجدبةٌ

سحابةٌ ذيلُها في التُّربِ ينحسبُ

سحابةٌ ذيلُها في التُّربِ ينحسبُ

And may their land never be shunned, while the earth is drought-stricken,

In the skies above their land, which never ran dry

by a cloud whose hem trails through the dust.

Though barren, with roots in its dirt reaching the sky.