عَتَبتُ عَلى نَفسي لِعَتبي عَلَيكُمُ

عَتَبتُ عَلى نَفسي لِعَتبي عَلَيكُمُ

وَما ضَرَّ غَيري فَاِعلَمي ذَلِكَ العَتبُ

وَما ضَرَّ غَيري فَاِعلَمي ذَلِكَ العَتبُ

I reproached myself for reproaching you.

I blamed myself for blaming you

And the reproach harmed no one but me—know that.

And it did not harm anyone else, so know that, that blame

فَها أَنا هَذا قَد رَضيتُ تَحَمُّلاً

فَها أَنا هَذا قَد رَضيتُ تَحَمُّلاً

لَذَنبِكِ لا لَم تُذنِبي بَل لِيَ الذَنبُ

لَذَنبِكِ لا لَم تُذنِبي بَل لِيَ الذَنبُ

So here I am, having consented to bear

So here I am, I have accepted to endure

your fault—no, you did no wrong; rather, the fault is mine.

For your sin, not because you sinned, but because it was my sin

أَباحَ حِمى قَلبي الهَوى فَأَذلَّهُ

أَباحَ حِمى قَلبي الهَوى فَأَذلَّهُ

أَلا لَيتَ لَم أُخلَق وَلَم يُخلَقِ الحُبُّ

أَلا لَيتَ لَم أُخلَق وَلَم يُخلَقِ الحُبُّ

Passion violated my heart’s sanctuary and humbled it.

Passion permitted the sanctuary of my heart, so it degraded it

Ah, would that neither I nor love had ever been created.

Oh, if only I were not created and love was not created