سقانِي ولَم أَستَسْقِهِ فضلَ خيرِهِ

سقانِي ولَم أَستَسْقِهِ فضلَ خيرِهِ

فَلَم يَسقنِي إِلّا الذُّعافَ المصَرَّدا

فَلَم يَسقنِي إِلّا الذُّعافَ المصَرَّدا

He gave me the bounty of his goodness to drink, though I had not asked him for it;

He gave me drink without my asking, out of his bounty's excess.

Yet he gave me nothing to drink but undiluted deadly poison.

Yet he gave me only tears violently pouring.

وَما زال يدعونِي إلى دارِ وصلِهِ

وَما زال يدعونِي إلى دارِ وصلِهِ

فلمّا دنوتُ الدّارَ ولّى وعَرَّدا

فلمّا دنوتُ الدّارَ ولّى وعَرَّدا

And he kept inviting me to the abode of union with him;

He kept calling me to the abode of his union,

But when I approached the house, he turned away and fled.

but when I drew near the abode he turned away pulling back.

فماذا على مَن خاننِي في ودادِه

فماذا على مَن خاننِي في ودادِه

إذا لم يكنْ منه الوِدادُ تودّدا

إذا لم يكنْ منه الوِدادُ تودّدا

What would it cost the one who betrayed me in his love,

What can be done with one who betrayed me in his love

To show affection, if he had no love to give?

if affection was never from him affectionately shown?

ولو كان يجني مخطئاً لعذرتُهُ

ولو كان يجني مخطئاً لعذرتُهُ

ولكنّه يجنِي عليَّ تعمّدا

ولكنّه يجنِي عليَّ تعمّدا

Had he wronged me by mistake, I would have excused him;

Had he been one who erred, I'd make excuse for him,

But he wrongs me deliberately.

but he wrongs me intentionally and with purpose.

وَإنِّيَ ممّنْ إِن نَبا عنه منزلٌ

وَإنِّيَ ممّنْ إِن نَبا عنه منزلٌ

وأنكرَ مثواه نآه فأبعدا

وأنكرَ مثواه نآه فأبعدا

And I am one who, if a dwelling spurns him,

I am one who, if an encampment turns him away,

And finds his lodging uncongenial, leaves it and goes far away.

and its dwellers deny him lodging, wanders on into the distances.