أخفَيتَ عَزمكَ للفِراقِ فَما خَفي

أخفَيتَ عَزمكَ للفِراقِ فَما خَفي

حذراً عَلى قَلبِ المُعنَّى المُدنِفِ

حذراً عَلى قَلبِ المُعنَّى المُدنِفِ

You hid your resolve to part, yet it did not stay hidden,

You hid your resolve to part, though all was plain,

out of concern for the heart of the tormented, gravely lovesick one.

Wary for the heart of the slanderer keen.

حتَّى إِذا عَلِمَت بذاكَ جفونُه

حتَّى إِذا عَلِمَت بذاكَ جفونُه

كشَفَت بفَيضِ الدَّمعِ ما لَم يُكشَفِ

كشَفَت بفَيضِ الدَّمعِ ما لَم يُكشَفِ

Until, when his eyelids learned of it,

Until when your eyes knew this, the tears revealed

they revealed in a flood of tears what had not been revealed.

What had not been revealed in torrents clean.

لا تحتَسِب تَلقى لبينِكَ منَّةً

لا تحتَسِب تَلقى لبينِكَ منَّةً

قَد كانَ بَينكَ قبل هجرِكَ مُتلفِي

قَد كانَ بَينكَ قبل هجرِكَ مُتلفِي

Do not expect to win credit for your parting;

Do not reckon you will find, when we part, favour.

your parting had been my undoing even before you forsook me.

Of old, before we parted, we were serene.

عاهَدتَني لا خنتَني فكأنَّما

عاهَدتَني لا خنتَني فكأنَّما

عاهَدتَني في العَهدِ إِنَّكَ لا تَفِي

عاهَدتَني في العَهدِ إِنَّكَ لا تَفِي

You pledged to me—may you never betray me!—yet it was as though

You swore to me - no, you betrayed me, as if

you pledged to me, in that very pledge, that you would not keep faith.

You had sworn, in swearing, you would not be keen.

قالَت لواحِظُه لوَجنَتِه وقَد

قالَت لواحِظُه لوَجنَتِه وقَد

عزَمَت عَلى نَصري مقالَةَ مُنصِفِ

عزَمَت عَلى نَصري مقالَةَ مُنصِفِ

His glances said to his cheek, which had

She said to her spy, when she was resolved

resolved to aid me, the words of a fair-minded man:

To take my part by a speech fair and sheen:

الآنَ قُمتِ بِنَصرِه ولَطالَما

الآنَ قُمتِ بِنَصرِه ولَطالَما

أضعَفتِ قوَّتَه بوَردٍ مُضعَفِ

أضعَفتِ قوَّتَه بوَردٍ مُضعَفِ

"Now you have come to his aid, though so often

"Now you have championed him, but for long you've

you weakened his strength with a doubled rose."

Sapped his strength by a greeting routine.

وأمرُّ بِالمَغنى لحاجَة مُسرعٍ

وأمرُّ بِالمَغنى لحاجَة مُسرعٍ

فَيَكونُ ذكرُ قَطينه مُستَوقِفي

فَيَكونُ ذكرُ قَطينه مُستَوقِفي

And I pass the dwelling on a hurried man's errand,

The minstrel moves me. I have pressing need,

then the memory of its dweller brings me to a halt.

So his lament for the wild cows will convene.

يا وجدُ حكَّمكَ التجنِّي فاحتَكِم

يا وجدُ حكَّمكَ التجنِّي فاحتَكِم

يا سُقم صرَّفكَ الأَسى فَتَصرَّفِ

يا سُقم صرَّفكَ الأَسى فَتَصرَّفِ

O longing, unjust reproach has made you arbiter—so pass judgment!

Passion! Your reason has judged; accept its rule.

O sickness, grief has given you free rein—so do as you will!

Pain! Fortune has turned you. Oh, turn serene."