أَراضِيَةٌ أَنتِ إِن شَفَّهُ

أَراضِيَةٌ أَنتِ إِن شَفَّهُ

هَواكِ وساخِطَةٌ إِن سَلا

هَواكِ وساخِطَةٌ إِن سَلا

Are you pleased if he wastes away

From love for you, yet angry if he forgets?

وَأنتِ بَعَثتِ لَهُ سَلوَةً

وَأنتِ بَعَثتِ لَهُ سَلوَةً

تَسُلُّ الهَوى أَوَّلاً أَوَّلا

تَسُلُّ الهَوى أَوَّلاً أَوَّلا

And it was you who sent him solace

That draws love out, little by little,

غَداةَ صدَدتِ فعلَّمتِه

غَداةَ صدَدتِ فعلَّمتِه

وما كانَ ظَنُّكِ أَن يَفعَلا

وما كانَ ظَنُّكِ أَن يَفعَلا

The morning you turned away and thus taught him—

And what did you expect him to do?

فَدومي يَدُم أَو فَعودي يَعُد

فَدومي يَدُم أَو فَعودي يَعُد

فَقَد عَزَم الحبُّ أَن يَعدِلا

فَقَد عَزَم الحبُّ أَن يَعدِلا

So persist, and he will persist; or return, and he will return,

For love has resolved to act justly.