أَنا مَملوكٌ لِمالِكَةٍ

أَنا مَملوكٌ لِمالِكَةٍ

قَلبَها أَقسى مِنَ الحَجَرِ

قَلبَها أَقسى مِنَ الحَجَرِ

I am a bondsman to a lady who owns me;

I am a slave to a mistress;

her heart is harder than stone.

her heart is harder than stone.

تَفزَعُ الشَكوى بِحَوزَتِها

تَفزَعُ الشَكوى بِحَوزَتِها

لِلَّذي تَلقى مِنَ الضَجَرِ

لِلَّذي تَلقى مِنَ الضَجَرِ

Even complaint quails in her presence

Complaint takes fright within her domain

at what it encounters from the stone.

at the vexation it encounters.

فَإِذا ما جِئتُ أَهرُبُ لَم

فَإِذا ما جِئتُ أَهرُبُ لَم

يَتَّفِق لي زادُ مُصطَبِرِ

يَتَّفِق لي زادُ مُصطَبِرِ

Yet whenever I come to flee, I cannot

So whenever I try to flee, I cannot

find the provisions of one who can endure.

find the provisions of one who endures.