صَبَرتُ عَنكَ بِصَبرٍ غَيرِ مَغلوبِ

صَبَرتُ عَنكَ بِصَبرٍ غَيرِ مَغلوبِ

وَدَمعِ عَينٍ عَلى الخَدَّينِ مَسكوبِ

وَدَمعِ عَينٍ عَلى الخَدَّينِ مَسكوبِ

I endured apart from you with unconquered patience,

I have endured your separation with unyielding patience,

And with an eye's tears poured over both cheeks.

My eyes pouring tears down my cheeks.

صَيَّرتَني مُستَقَرّاً لِلهَوى وَطَناً

صَيَّرتَني مُستَقَرّاً لِلهَوى وَطَناً

لِلحُزنِ يا مُستَقَرَّ الحُسنِ وَالطيبِ

لِلحُزنِ يا مُستَقَرَّ الحُسنِ وَالطيبِ

You made me an abode for love, a homeland

You have made me a permanent abode of passion,

For sorrow, O abode of beauty and fragrance.

A home for sorrow, O abode of beauty and kindness.

لَئِن جَحَدتُكَ ما لاقَيتُ فيكَ فَقَد

لَئِن جَحَدتُكَ ما لاقَيتُ فيكَ فَقَد

صَحَّت شُهودُ تَباريحي وَتَعذيبي

صَحَّت شُهودُ تَباريحي وَتَعذيبي

Even if I denied to you what I suffered on your account, still

If I denied what I faced from you, the witnesses

The witnesses to my agonies and torment have proved true,

Of my sighing and torment have been proven true.

بِزَفرَةٍ بَعدَ أُخرى طالَما شَهِدَت

بِزَفرَةٍ بَعدَ أُخرى طالَما شَهِدَت

بِأَنَّها اِنتُزِعَت مِن صَدرِ مَكروبِ

بِأَنَّها اِنتُزِعَت مِن صَدرِ مَكروبِ

Through sigh after sigh that has so often testified

With sigh after sigh that have long attested

That it was torn from the breast of one in distress.

That they were wrenched from the breast of one in anguish.

لَكِن عَدَوتَ عَلى جِسمي فَبِنتَ بِهِ

لَكِن عَدَوتَ عَلى جِسمي فَبِنتَ بِهِ

يا مَن رَأى الظَبيَ عَدّاءً عَلى الذيبِ

يا مَن رَأى الظَبيَ عَدّاءً عَلى الذيبِ

But you assailed my body and made off with it—

But you were hostile towards my body and built with it,

O you who have seen the gazelle attacking the wolf!

O you who saw the gazelle as hostile to the wolf.