أواه من ظلم جاغر

أواه من ظلم جاغر

علي بالبعد جارا

علي بالبعد جارا

Alas for Jaghir's injustice!

Oh, the injustice of the oppressor

He wronged me by keeping his distance.

Who was once my neighbor

عني توارى دلالاً

عني توارى دلالاً

وللأباعد دارا

وللأباعد دارا

He hid from me coyly,

He hid his affection from me

and turned toward strangers.

And built his home far away

أقام في دار قلبي

أقام في دار قلبي

وعن طريقي دارا

وعن طريقي دارا

He dwelt in the house of my heart,

He resided in my heart

and turned away from my path.

Yet distanced himself from my path

وقد أجار سوائي

وقد أجار سوائي

لكن علي تجارا

لكن علي تجارا

He granted refuge to someone other than me,

Though I sheltered his beloved

but acted insolently toward me.

He treated me like a stranger

متى أفوز بثاري

متى أفوز بثاري

منه قلبي ثارا

منه قلبي ثارا

When shall I win my revenge

When will I avenge

on him—my heart has risen in revolt—

My raging heart?

وينطفي حر قلب

وينطفي حر قلب

مولع فيه حارا

مولع فيه حارا

and the heat of a heart be quenched,

And extinguish the burning embers

enamored of him and bewildered?

That set my soul aflame

كذاك طير فؤادي له

كذاك طير فؤادي له

من الوجد طارا

من الوجد طارا

Thus the bird of my heart, for him,

So too my heart's bird

took wing out of longing.

In anguish took flight

إن المحب ولوع

إن المحب ولوع

وإن تأجج نارا

وإن تأجج نارا

Indeed, the lover is deeply enamored,

Though the lover is distraught

even if he blazes into fire.

And his passion rages like fire

وللحبيب التعالي

وللحبيب التعالي

وغن عرفناه جارا

وغن عرفناه جارا

And haughtiness belongs to the beloved,

The beloved is exalted

even though we have known him as a neighbor.

Though once he was but a neighbor