لَولا اِعتِراضُ الحُبِّ في صَدري

لَولا اِعتِراضُ الحُبِّ في صَدري

وَخِفَتي مِن لَوعَةِ الهَجرِ

وَخِفَتي مِن لَوعَةِ الهَجرِ

Were it not for love's intrusion into my breast

Were it not for love's objection in my heart

and my fear of the anguish of abandonment,

And my fear of the pain of estrangement

لَم أَجعَلِ الذُلَّ لِباسي لِمَن

لَم أَجعَلِ الذُلَّ لِباسي لِمَن

تاهَ وَلَم أَفزَع إِلى العُذرِ

تاهَ وَلَم أَفزَع إِلى العُذرِ

I would not have made humiliation my garment for one

I would not have made humiliation my garment for one who

who grew haughty, nor sought refuge in excuses.

Went astray, nor sought excuse

جَرَّبَ صَبري صَبرَهُ مازِحاً

جَرَّبَ صَبري صَبرَهُ مازِحاً

فَغاظَهُ ذاكَ وَلَم أَدرِ

فَغاظَهُ ذاكَ وَلَم أَدرِ

My patience tested his patience in jest;

He tested my patience jestingly

so that angered him, though I did not know.

That vexed him, though I did not know

أَسلَمَني الصَبرُ إِلى هَجرِهِ

أَسلَمَني الصَبرُ إِلى هَجرِهِ

ما كانَ أَغناني عَنِ الصَبرِ

ما كانَ أَغناني عَنِ الصَبرِ

Patience consigned me to being forsaken by him;

Patience delivered me to his estrangement

how well I could have done without patience!

It did not avail me more than patience