يا صاحِبي هَل لَكَ مِن حيلَةٍ

يا صاحِبي هَل لَكَ مِن حيلَةٍ

وَسوِستُ فيها أَيَّ وِسواسِ

وَسوِستُ فيها أَيَّ وِسواسِ

O my friend, have you any stratagem?

My friend, do you have any strategy?

I have brooded over it with every anxious thought.

I become very anxious in it, what anxiety!

أَحَبَّني الناسُ وَأَبغَضتَني

أَحَبَّني الناسُ وَأَبغَضتَني

حَقّا فَما أَنتَ مِنَ الناسِ

حَقّا فَما أَنتَ مِنَ الناسِ

People loved me, but you hated me.

People loved me yet you hated me

Truly, then, you are not of humankind.

Indeed, you are not one of the people