الْحُسْنُ فِيكَ قَدِ اكْتَمَلْ

الْحُسْنُ فِيكَ قَدِ اكْتَمَلْ

لَوْ كُنْتَ تُوصَفُ بِالْخَجَلْ

لَوْ كُنْتَ تُوصَفُ بِالْخَجَلْ

Beauty in you would have been complete,

Beauty in you has been perfected

Beauty within you has reached perfection,

had you been known for bashfulness.

If only you were described as shy

If only you were known for modesty.

لَكِنْ سَلَكْتَ سَبِيلَ مَنْ

لَكِنْ سَلَكْتَ سَبِيلَ مَنْ

نَبَذَ الْوَفَاءَ وَمَا احْتَفَلْ

نَبَذَ الْوَفَاءَ وَمَا احْتَفَلْ

But you followed the path of one

But you followed the path of those

But you have taken the path of one who

who cast aside faithfulness and cared nothing for it.

Who discarded loyalty and did not care

Discards loyalty and shows no concern.

غَرَّرْتَنِي إِذْ زُرْتَنِي

غَرَّرْتَنِي إِذْ زُرْتَنِي

مِنْ غَيْرِ وَعْدٍ أَوْ أَمَلْ

مِنْ غَيْرِ وَعْدٍ أَوْ أَمَلْ

You deceived me when you visited me

You tricked me when you visited me

You beguiled me when you visited me

without any promise or hope.

Without promise or hope

Without a promise or any hope.

فَطَنَنْتُ أَنَّكَ صَادِقٌ

فَطَنَنْتُ أَنَّكَ صَادِقٌ

وَالصِّدْقُ عَنْكَ قَدِ ارْتَحَلْ

وَالصِّدْقُ عَنْكَ قَدِ ارْتَحَلْ

So I thought that you were truthful,

I realized you were honest

So I believed that you were true,

yet truthfulness had already departed from you.

And honesty from you has departed

While truthfulness had departed from you.

لَمْ يَبْدُ بَدْرُ وِصَالِكُمْ

لَمْ يَبْدُ بَدْرُ وِصَالِكُمْ

لِمُحِبِّكُمْ حَتَّى أَفَلْ

لِمُحِبِّكُمْ حَتَّى أَفَلْ

The full moon of union with you had scarcely appeared

The full moon of your union did not appear

The full moon of your union did not appear

to your lover when it set.

To your lover until it set

To your lover, save to immediately set,

وَجَفَوْتَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَا

وَجَفَوْتَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَا

جُرْمٍ بِجَانِبِكُمْ أَخَلْ

جُرْمٍ بِجَانِبِكُمْ أَخَلْ

And you shunned him without any

You abandoned him without any

And you shunned him without any

offense that had done you harm.

Wrongdoing on his side

Offense committed to slight your side.

كَمْ حِيلَةٍ أَبْدَيْتُهَا

كَمْ حِيلَةٍ أَبْدَيْتُهَا

لِرَضَاكَ مَا نَفَعَتْ حِيَلْ

لِرَضَاكَ مَا نَفَعَتْ حِيَلْ

How many a stratagem I put forward

How many tricks did I use

How many schemes I have devised

to please you—yet no stratagems availed.

To please you, but tricks did not help

To please you, yet schemes were of no avail.

وَقَنَعْتُ مِنْكُمْ فِي الصَّبَا

وَقَنَعْتُ مِنْكُمْ فِي الصَّبَا

بَةِ بِالتَّطَارُحِ وَالْغَزَلْ

بَةِ بِالتَّطَارُحِ وَالْغَزَلْ

And in my passion I was content to have from you

And in my youth I was content with you

I was content to receive from you in my passionate

an exchange of verses and words of love.

With flirtation and amorous verse

Yearning, mere flirtation and amorous exchange.

فَصَرَمْتَ حَبْلَ مَوَدَّتِي

فَصَرَمْتَ حَبْلَ مَوَدَّتِي

بِمُدَى الْقَطِيعَةِ وَالْمَلَلْ

بِمُدَى الْقَطِيعَةِ وَالْمَلَلْ

Then you severed the cord of my affection

But you cut the rope of my affection

Yet you severed the cord of my affection

with the knives of estrangement and weariness.

With complete separation and boredom

With the blades of estrangement and weariness.

فَالْآنَ إِذْ حَمَّلْتَنِي

فَالْآنَ إِذْ حَمَّلْتَنِي

فِي الْحُبِّ مَا لاَ يُحْتَمَلْ

فِي الْحُبِّ مَا لاَ يُحْتَمَلْ

So now, since you have burdened me

Now when you have burdened me

So now, since you have burdened me

in love with what cannot be borne,

With love that cannot be endured

In love with what cannot be endured,

وَأَبَيْتَ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَرَى

وَأَبَيْتَ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَرَى

جِسْمِي تُسَاوِرُهُ الْعِلَلْ

جِسْمِي تُسَاوِرُهُ الْعِلَلْ

and have insisted on seeing

And insisted on seeing

And you refused anything but to see

my body assailed by ailments,

My body ravaged by illnesses

My body assailed by maladies,

عَزَّيْتُ فِيكَ تَوَلُّهِي

عَزَّيْتُ فِيكَ تَوَلُّهِي

وَأَصَخْتُ فِيكَ لِمَنْ عَذَلْ

وَأَصَخْتُ فِيكَ لِمَنْ عَذَلْ

I have soothed my infatuation with you,

I gave you up though it pained me

I have mourned my infatuation with you,

and heeded whoever reproached me over you.

And complained of those who were harsh

And listened to those who reproached me for you.

وَدَرَسْتُ حُبَّكَ مِنْ فُؤَا

وَدَرَسْتُ حُبَّكَ مِنْ فُؤَا

دِي مِثْلَمَا دَرَسَ الطَّلَلْ

دِي مِثْلَمَا دَرَسَ الطَّلَلْ

And I have effaced love for you from my heart,

And I erased your love from my heart

And I have erased your love from my

as the abandoned camp's traces faded away.

As ruins are erased by floods

Heart, just as the ruined encampment is erased.