وَاللَهِ لَو تَدري بِما أَلقى

وَاللَهِ لَو تَدري بِما أَلقى

لَجَزِعتَ أَن تَتَجاوَزَ الحَقّا

لَجَزِعتَ أَن تَتَجاوَزَ الحَقّا

By God, if you knew what I endure,

By God, if you knew what I endure

you would dread overstepping what is right.

You would be too upset to deny the truth

بي فَوقَ ما تَلقى بِواحِدِها

بي فَوقَ ما تَلقى بِواحِدِها

أُمٌّ تَراهُ لِجَنبِها مُلقى

أُمٌّ تَراهُ لِجَنبِها مُلقى

My anguish exceeds that felt for her only child

I suffer more than words can convey

by a mother who sees him lying beside her,

A mother who sees her child lying dead

تَبكي لِمَنهوشٍ تَنَيَّبَهُ

تَبكي لِمَنهوشٍ تَنَيَّبَهُ

صِلٌّ فَما يُرجى وَلا يُرقى

صِلٌّ فَما يُرجى وَلا يُرقى

weeping for one bitten by the fangs

Crying for one slain unjustly

of an asp—no hope for him, nor is he treated with healing charms.

A wailing that brings no hope or relief

فَاِرحَم شَقِيّاً في هَواكَ فَما

فَاِرحَم شَقِيّاً في هَواكَ فَما

يَبغي وَإِن أَعتَقتَهُ عِتقا

يَبغي وَإِن أَعتَقتَهُ عِتقا

So pity a wretched man in love with you, for he does not

So have mercy on a wretch in love with you

seek freedom, even if you set him free.

He seeks only freedom though you refuse to free him