كَفَرتُ بِالكافورِ مِن ثَغرِهِ

كَفَرتُ بِالكافورِ مِن ثَغرِهِ

وَلا عَبَدتُ المِسكَ مِن شَعرِهِ

وَلا عَبَدتُ المِسكَ مِن شَعرِهِ

May I disbelieve in the camphor from his mouth,

I reject camphor from his mouth,

and never worship the musk from his hair,

And do not worship musk from his hair.

إِن كُنتُ أَبصَرتُ لَهُ مُشبِهاً

إِن كُنتُ أَبصَرتُ لَهُ مُشبِهاً

في عُجبِهِ كَلّا وَلا كِبرِهِ

في عُجبِهِ كَلّا وَلا كِبرِهِ

if I have ever seen anyone like him

If I saw in him a resemblance,

in his conceit—no, nor in his arrogance.

Never! Not his pride nor arrogance.

وَجُملَةَ الأَمرِ وَتَفصيلُهُ

وَجُملَةَ الأَمرِ وَتَفصيلُهُ

أَنّي أَسيرٌ في يَدَي هَجرِهِ

أَنّي أَسيرٌ في يَدَي هَجرِهِ

And the sum of the matter, and its details,

The essence of the matter, in brief,

is that I am captive in the hands of his estrangement.

Is that I'm captive to his estrangement.

فَفَرَّجَ اللَهُ لِقَلبي فَقَد

فَفَرَّجَ اللَهُ لِقَلبي فَقَد

رَثى لَهُ قَلبِيَ مِن ضُرِّهِ

رَثى لَهُ قَلبِيَ مِن ضُرِّهِ

So may God bring relief to my heart, for

So may God relieve my heart that has

my heart has pitied it for its suffering.

Grieved for him from his harm.