ما كُنتُ أَحسِبُ أَنَّ عَه

ما كُنتُ أَحسِبُ أَنَّ عَه

دَكَم كَذا عَهدٌ سَقيمُ

دَكَم كَذا عَهدٌ سَقيمُ

I had not thought that your pledge

I did not expect that your covenant

would be such an ailing pledge.

Would be thus, a feeble covenant

يُجفى وَلِيُّكُمُ وَيَف

يُجفى وَلِيُّكُمُ وَيَف

نى حَقُّ صُحبَتِهِ القَديمُ

نى حَقُّ صُحبَتِهِ القَديمُ

Your friend is shunned, and vanishing

Your confidant is abandoned, his right

is the long-standing claim of his companionship.

To long companionship denied

وَلَقَد ظَنَنتُ وَفاءَكُم

وَلَقَد ظَنَنتُ وَفاءَكُم

بِالعَهدِ لي أَبَداً يَقومُ

بِالعَهدِ لي أَبَداً يَقومُ

And indeed I thought your faithfulness

I truly thought your loyalty

to your pledge to me would endure forever.

To the covenant with me would endure

وَأَرى رُسومي عِندَكُم

وَأَرى رُسومي عِندَكُم

تَعفو كَما عَفَتِ الرُسومُ

تَعفو كَما عَفَتِ الرُسومُ

And I see my traces among you

But I see my vestiges with you

fading, as traces have faded away.

Fade, as vestiges fade away