فَدَيتُكِ فيمَ عَتبُكِ مِن كَلامٍ

فَدَيتُكِ فيمَ عَتبُكِ مِن كَلامٍ

نَطَقتِ بِهِ عَلى وَجهٍ جَميلِ

نَطَقتِ بِهِ عَلى وَجهٍ جَميلِ

May I be your ransom! Why reproach you for words

I sacrifice myself for you, why do you blame me

May I be your ransom; why this harsh reproach,

You spoke in a gracious manner?

For words I spoke with a beautiful face?

Pronounced by you, upon a face so fair?

وَقَولُكِ لِلرَسولِ عَلَيكَ غَيري

وَقَولُكِ لِلرَسولِ عَلَيكَ غَيري

فَلَيسَ إِلى التَواصُلِ مِن سَبيلِ

فَلَيسَ إِلى التَواصُلِ مِن سَبيلِ

And your words to the messenger: 'Seek someone other than me'—

And your saying to the messenger "I have none but you"

And your telling the messenger: "Seek another,

So there is no path to union.

So there is no way to communicate.

For there is no path to union left for us."

فَقَد جاءَ الرَسولُ لَهُ اِنكِسارٌ

فَقَد جاءَ الرَسولُ لَهُ اِنكِسارٌ

وَحالٌ ما عَلَيها مِن قَبولِ

وَحالٌ ما عَلَيها مِن قَبولِ

For the messenger came, dejected,

The messenger came broken

The messenger has returned, dispirited and broken,

And in a state with nothing pleasing about it.

In a state that cannot be accepted.

In a wretched state that offers no relief.

وَلَو رَدَّت جِنانُ مَرَدَّ خَيرٍ

وَلَو رَدَّت جِنانُ مَرَدَّ خَيرٍ

تَبَيَّنَ ذاكَ في وَجهِ الرَسولِ

تَبَيَّنَ ذاكَ في وَجهِ الرَسولِ

And had Jinan given a kind reply,

If the soul of the good rejectionist returned

Had Jinan but sent back a kind reply,

That would have shown on the messenger's face.

That would show on the face of the messenger.

It would have surely shown upon the messenger's face.