أَشفَقتُ مِن هَجري فَغَل

أَشفَقتُ مِن هَجري فَغَل

لَبتُ الظُنونَ عَلى اليَقينِ

لَبتُ الظُنونَ عَلى اليَقينِ

I feared being forsaken, so I made

I feared my separation, so I was overcome

suspicions prevail over certainty.

I doubted certainties with suspicions

وَضَنَنتَ بي فَظَنَنتُ بي

وَضَنَنتَ بي فَظَنَنتُ بي

وَالظَنُّ مِن شِيَمِ الضَنينِ

وَالظَنُّ مِن شِيَمِ الضَنينِ

And you were possessive of me, so I grew suspicious of myself;

You distrusted me, so I suspected myself

and suspicion is among a miser’s traits.

Doubt is a trait of the distrustful