تَرَكتُ صُدودَهُ وَصَبَرتُ نَفسي

تَرَكتُ صُدودَهُ وَصَبَرتُ نَفسي

لِطولِ تَجَرُّعِ الغَيظِ الشَديدِ

لِطولِ تَجَرُّعِ الغَيظِ الشَديدِ

I let his rejection be and steeled myself

I left his rejection and had patience

for the prolonged swallowing of fierce anger,

With the bitterness I have long endured

مَخافَةَ أَن يُجَدِّدَ لي صُدوداً

مَخافَةَ أَن يُجَدِّدَ لي صُدوداً

وَكُنتُ حَديثَ عَهدٍ بِالصُدودِ

وَكُنتُ حَديثَ عَهدٍ بِالصُدودِ

for fear he would renew his rejection of me,

Fearing he would reject me all over again

while I had only lately suffered rejection.

When I had so recently felt rejection’s sting