ياO ذَاyou الَّذيwho صَدَّturned away عَنْfrom مُحِبٍّa lover
يا ذَا الَّذي صَدَّ عَنْ مُحِبٍّ
بهfor him أَذابَmelted الغَرامُpassionate love قَلْبَهْhis heart
به أَذابَ الغَرامُ قَلْبَهْ
O you who turned away from a lover,
O you who has estranged a lover
whose heart passion for you has melted.
Whose heart is melted by passion's fire
مَاnot لكَfor you فيin الهَجْرِestrangement مِنْany دَليلٍjustification
مَا لكَ في الهَجْرِ مِنْ دَليلٍ
لَكِنْbut هَذيthis عُلوّloftiness قُبّهa dome
لَكِنْ هَذي عُلوّ قُبّه
You have no justification for estrangement,
You have no reason to be cold
but this is the loftiness of a dome.
Only the haughtiness of your pride