كَيفَ أَظماني وَقَد كا

كَيفَ أَظماني وَقَد كا

نَ لي فيكَ مُرتَوى

نَ لي فيكَ مُرتَوى

How did he leave me parched, when

How did he make me thirst, though there had

How can I thirst when once for me

How could you parch me, when there wa-

I had in you a place to drink my fill?

been in you a source of refreshment for me?

In you was water sweet and free?

-s for me, in you, a quenching spring?

أَو لما كملت قا

أَو لما كملت قا

ل لَكَ اللَهُ مُرتَوا

ل لَكَ اللَهُ مُرتَوا

Or, once you had reached perfection, did

Or, when you reached perfection, did

Or when His word was spoken plain

Or when you were perfected, it was sai-

God say to you, “Pass straight by”?

God say to you, 'Go forth alone'?

God grant you peace, and peace again.

-d by God to you: 'A source of quenching.'

شمتَ الحاسِدونَ بي

شمتَ الحاسِدونَ بي

فيكَ مُذ شَطَّتِ النَوى

فيكَ مُذ شَطَّتِ النَوى

The envious gloated over my plight

The envious gloated over me,

Yet haters watch us enviously,

The envious ones gloated over me

because of you, once separation drew us far apart.

on your account, since separation stretched far.

Since that first knot of destiny.

regarding you, since the distance grew vast.

قيلَ يَنوونَ كَيدَهُم

قيلَ يَنوونَ كَيدَهُم

قُلتُ لِلمَرءِ ما نَوى

قُلتُ لِلمَرءِ ما نَوى

It was said, “They are plotting their guile.”

It was said: 'They are planning their mischief.'

They plot their snares, as oft before;

It was said: 'They are plotting their scheme;'

I said, “Each man shall have what he intends.”

I said: 'Each man shall have what he intended.'

I say, A man's acts lie in his power.

I said: 'A man gets what he intended.'

حالَ بَيني وَبَينهُم

حالَ بَيني وَبَينهُم

فالِقُ الحبِّ وَالنَوى

فالِقُ الحبِّ وَالنَوى

There stood between me and them

Between me and them stood

Between us love's word interposes,

There came between me and them

the Cleaver of grain and date-stone.

the Splitter of grain and date-stones.

Who rends may mend faith's shattered roses.

The Cleaver of the grain and the date-stone.