الدَمعُ يَمحو وَيَدي تَكتُبُ

الدَمعُ يَمحو وَيَدي تَكتُبُ

عَزَّ الهَوى وَاِمتَنَعَ المَطلَبُ

عَزَّ الهَوى وَاِمتَنَعَ المَطلَبُ

Tears erase, and my hand writes.

My tears erase as my hand writes,

Love has grown formidable, and what I seek is beyond reach.

Love became difficult and pursuit hopeless,

أَما وَعَينَي قَمَرٍ أَحوَرٍ

أَما وَعَينَي قَمَرٍ أَحوَرٍ

إِلَيهِ مِن لَحظَتِهِ المَهرَبُ

إِلَيهِ مِن لَحظَتِهِ المَهرَبُ

Indeed, by the two eyes of a dark-eyed moon,

But my eyes like a fawn's eyes,

to whom one flees from his own glance,

Flee to him though his glance wounds.

ما أَغمَضَت عَيني وَلا أَقلَعَت

ما أَغمَضَت عَيني وَلا أَقلَعَت

دَمعَتُها مُذ هُوَ لا يُعتِبُ

دَمعَتُها مُذ هُوَ لا يُعتِبُ

My eye has not closed, nor has

My eyes haven't closed since his loss,

its tear ceased, since he will not make amends.

Their tears haven't ceased since he won't forgive.

ما زِلتُ أَستَرضيهِ مِن ذَنبِهِ

ما زِلتُ أَستَرضيهِ مِن ذَنبِهِ

فَلَيسَ يَرضى وَهُوَ المُذنِبُ

فَلَيسَ يَرضى وَهُوَ المُذنِبُ

I have kept trying to appease him for his own offense;

I keep apologizing for his guilt,

yet he will not be pleased, though he is the guilty one.

But he won't be pleased though he's the one in the wrong.