قَد كانَ جِسمي غَيرَ مَنهوكِ

قَد كانَ جِسمي غَيرَ مَنهوكِ

وَكانَ دَمعي غَيرَ مَسفوكِ

وَكانَ دَمعي غَيرَ مَسفوكِ

My body once was not worn down,

My body was not worn down

And my tears were unshed,

And my tears were not shed

حَتّى تَهَتَّكتُ وَلَولا الهَوى

حَتّى تَهَتَّكتُ وَلَولا الهَوى

إِذاً لَما كُنتُ بِمَهتوكِ

إِذاً لَما كُنتُ بِمَهتوكِ

Until I cast off restraint; and were it not for love,

Until passion violated me, else

I would not then have been disgraced.

I would not have been broken

فَلا تَلُم حُرّاً غَدا حائِراً

فَلا تَلُم حُرّاً غَدا حائِراً

مُذ صارَ مَملوكاً لِمَملوكِ

مُذ صارَ مَملوكاً لِمَملوكِ

So do not blame a free man who grew bewildered

So do not blame a free man who became lost

Since he became the slave of a slave.

Since he became enslaved to the enslaved