ياO مُهدياًone giving لِيto me بَنَفسَجاًa violet سَمِجاًugly
يا مُهدياً لِي بَنَفسَجاً سَمِجاً
وَدِدتُI wished لَوif only أَنَّthat أَرضَهُits soil سَبَخُsalt flats
وَدِدتُ لَو أَنَّ أَرضَهُ سَبَخُ
O you who give me an ugly violet,
O you who lead me to wilted violets
I wish its soil were a salt flat.
How I wish its land was infertile
يُنذِرُنيwarns me عاجِلاًpromptly مُصَحّفهُits mispointed form
يُنذِرُني عاجِلاً مُصَحّفهُ
بِأَنَّof the fact that عَهدَpledge الحَبيبِthe beloved يَنفَسِخُis dissolved
بِأَنَّ عَهدَ الحَبيبِ يَنفَسِخُ
Its mispointed name promptly warns me
Its book warns me soon
That the beloved's pledge will be broken.
That the covenant of the beloved is broken