كفى غضباً يا أورزيل وقسوة

كفى غضباً يا أورزيل وقسوة

على عاشق ذابت جوانحه وجدا

على عاشق ذابت جوانحه وجدا

Enough anger, O Orzayl, and cruelty

Enough, O Orzil, of anger and cruelty

toward a lover whose heart has melted with passion.

toward a lover whose ribs have melted with longing.

فما راسفٌ في قيده شُدَّ عنقُهُ

فما راسفٌ في قيده شُدَّ عنقُهُ

لسيفِ ظلومٍ كلما استعطف اشتدا

لسيفِ ظلومٍ كلما استعطف اشتدا

No captive, fettered in his chains, his neck drawn forth

For no captive shuffling in his fetters, his neck bound

beneath a tyrant’s sword that only grew fiercer whenever mercy was begged,

for the sword of a tyrant who grows harsher whenever implored,

بأتعس مني حين ألقاك شاكياً

بأتعس مني حين ألقاك شاكياً

فلا أجدن إلا التكبَّرَ والصدا

فلا أجدن إلا التكبَّرَ والصدا

is more wretched than I when I come before you complaining,

is more wretched than I when I meet you, lamenting,

only to find arrogance and rebuff.

only to find haughtiness and rejection.

وما ساءني إلا تذكُّر عزتي

وما ساءني إلا تذكُّر عزتي

وبأسي الذي لو صادم الجبل انهدا

وبأسي الذي لو صادم الجبل انهدا

Nothing pains me but the memory of my pride

And nothing pains me but remembering my dignity

and of my might—which, had it struck a mountain, would have brought it down.

and my might—had it clashed with a mountain, that mountain would have crumbled.

فداؤك ما ضيعته من سيادة

فداؤك ما ضيعته من سيادة

تعود وتبقى يوم ترضين بي عبدا

تعود وتبقى يوم ترضين بي عبدا

May all the sovereignty I squandered be your ransom:

The sovereignty I have squandered is a ransom for you;

it will return and endure the day you consent to take me as your slave.

it will return and endure the day you accept me as a slave.