لَعَمري لَئِن كانَ المُقَرِّبُ مِنكُمُ

لَعَمري لَئِن كانَ المُقَرِّبُ مِنكُمُ

هَوىً صادِقاً إِنّي لَمُستَوجِبُ القُربِ

هَوىً صادِقاً إِنّي لَمُستَوجِبُ القُربِ

By my life, if what brings one close to you

By my life, if he who brings you closer

Is sincere love, I surely deserve closeness.

Is sincere in his love, I deserve such closeness,

سَأَرعى وَما اِستَوجَبتِ مِنّي رِعايَةً

سَأَرعى وَما اِستَوجَبتِ مِنّي رِعايَةً

وَأَحفَظُ ما ضَيَّعتِ مِن حُرمَةِ الحُبِّ

وَأَحفَظُ ما ضَيَّعتِ مِن حُرمَةِ الحُبِّ

I shall care for you, though you have earned no care from me,

I will tend what you have not tended in me,

And preserve the sanctity of love that you have squandered.

And guard what you neglected of love's sanctity.

مَتى تُبصِريني يا ظَلومُ تَبَيَّني

مَتى تُبصِريني يا ظَلومُ تَبَيَّني

شَمائِلَ بادي البَثِّ مُنصَدِعِ القَلبِ

شَمائِلَ بادي البَثِّ مُنصَدِعِ القَلبِ

Whenever you see me, O Zalum, you will discern

When will you see me, oh unjust one, and realize

The traits of one whose grief is plain, whose heart is shattered—

The symptoms of one whose inner secrets and heart are torn open?

بَرِياً تَمَنّى الذَنبَ لَمّا ظَلَمتِهِ

بَرِياً تَمَنّى الذَنبَ لَمّا ظَلَمتِهِ

لِكَيما يُقالَ الصَرمُ مِن سَبَبِ الذَنبِ

لِكَيما يُقالَ الصَرمُ مِن سَبَبِ الذَنبِ

An innocent man who wished he had sinned when you wronged him,

Innocent, he wished for sin when you wronged him,

So it might be said, 'The estrangement was caused by sin.'

So that it would be said his death was caused by his sin.

وَقَد كُنتُ أَشكو عَتبَها وَعِتابَها

وَقَد كُنتُ أَشكو عَتبَها وَعِتابَها

فَقَد فَجَعَتني بِالعِتابِ وَبِالعَتبِ

فَقَد فَجَعَتني بِالعِتابِ وَبِالعَتبِ

And I used to complain of her blame and reproaches;

And I used to complain of her rebukes and reproaches

Yet now she has bereft me of reproaches and blame.

She distressed me with reproach and blame;

وَإِنّي لَأَرعى غَيبَها وَأَحوطُهُ

وَإِنّي لَأَرعى غَيبَها وَأَحوطُهُ

وَإِن كُنتُ مِنها في عَناءٍ وَفي كَربِ

وَإِن كُنتُ مِنها في عَناءٍ وَفي كَربِ

And I surely safeguard her honor in her absence and protect it,

Yet I tend to her absence and protect it,

Though I suffer hardship and anguish on her account.

Even when she gives me misery and distress.