قبلت رجل حبيبي

قبلت رجل حبيبي

فازور واحمر خدا

فازور واحمر خدا

I kissed my beloved’s foot.

I kissed my lover's leg

So he recoiled, and his cheek reddened.

So fair and red of cheek

وقال تثلم رجلي

وقال تثلم رجلي

لقد تنازلت جدا

لقد تنازلت جدا

And he said, “You mar my foot;

And he said, you've wronged me

You have stooped very low indeed!”

Too far you've bowed to me

فقلت لم آت ذنباً

فقلت لم آت ذنباً

ولا تعديت حدا

ولا تعديت حدا

So I said, “I have committed no sin,

I said, no sin have I

Nor have I overstepped a limit.

Nor bounds have I overstepped

رجل سعت بك نحوي

رجل سعت بك نحوي

حقوقها لا تؤدي

حقوقها لا تؤدي

A foot that carried you toward me—

A man you reached for me

You do not give it its due.”

His rights you fail to give