عصيتمونيyou disobeyed me حينwhen طاوعتكمI yielded to you
عصيتموني حين طاوعتكم
والذنبُand the blame فيfor عصيانكمyour disobedience ذنبيmy fault
والذنبُ في عصيانكم ذنبي
You disobeyed me when I yielded to you,
You disobeyed me when you obeyed me
And the blame for your disobedience is mine.
And the fault of your disobedience is my fault
داويتكُمI tended you حيناًfor a while فأبطرتكمand so I made you insolent
داويتكُم حيناً فأبطرتكم
وليسand there is not للعيرfor the donkey سوىexcept الضربِbeating
وليس للعير سوى الضربِ
I tended you awhile, and so made you insolent,
I healed you once, so I made you insolent
And for a donkey there is nothing but blows.
And blame has no recourse but to strike
أقسمI swear لاnot داريتكمI will humor you بعدهاafter that
أقسم لا داريتكم بعدها
لكنbut أداريI shall humor دونكُمinstead of you قلبيmy heart
لكن أداري دونكُم قلبي
I swear I shall never humor you again,
I swear I will not heed you after this
But shall humor my heart instead of you.
But I will heed my heart about you