رَبَّة اللَومِ أَقصِري فَضُّ فوكِ

رَبَّة اللَومِ أَقصِري فَضُّ فوكِ

عَن نَجيبٍ قالي البقا مَنهوكِ

عَن نَجيبٍ قالي البقا مَنهوكِ

Mistress of reproach, desist—may your mouth be shattered—

O blamer, shorten your excess blame

from blaming a noble man who loathes life, worn out.

Of a noble one whose vigor is worn down

مغرم كُلَّ ساعة يَستَعِرُ الحُبَّ

مغرم كُلَّ ساعة يَستَعِرُ الحُبَّ

في طاعَة الهَوى مَسبوكِ

في طاعَة الهَوى مَسبوكِ

Enamored, with love flaring up every hour,

A lover whose passion is lit each hour

cast in obedience to passion.

Molded by desire’s obedience

لا تَلُجّي في لومه واعذُريهِ

لا تَلُجّي في لومه واعذُريهِ

واِستَعيذي من سِترِهِ المَهتوكِ

واِستَعيذي من سِترِهِ المَهتوكِ

Do not persist in blaming him, and excuse him.

Do not condemn him, make excuses for him

And seek refuge from his torn veil.

And seek refuge from his tattered veil

فالهَوى يترك العَزيزَ أَخا السَطوة

فالهَوى يترك العَزيزَ أَخا السَطوة

في حالة الذَليل الرَكيكِ

في حالة الذَليل الرَكيكِ

For passion leaves the mighty man, possessed of power,

For passion leaves the mighty as prey

in the state of the abject and feeble.

To the state of the despised and weak

رحت شهرين بِالغَرامِ وَلَو

رحت شهرين بِالغَرامِ وَلَو

نالَكِ أَبصَرتِ جَهرَةً ما يَسوكِ

نالَكِ أَبصَرتِ جَهرَةً ما يَسوكِ

I spent two months in passion; and had it

For two months I have been in love, and if

befallen you, you would have seen plainly what grieves you.

It touched you, you'd see nothing could equal it

ولَعَمري إِنَّ الهَوى هَيِّنُ

ولَعَمري إِنَّ الهَوى هَيِّنُ

المأخَذِ صَعبِ المَرفوضِ وَالمَتروكِ

المأخَذِ صَعبِ المَرفوضِ وَالمَتروكِ

And by my life, passion is indeed easy

By my life, passion is most gentle

to take up, but hard to reject and abandon.

In how it ensnares, rejects, and abandons