أَيا شاكِياً مِنّي لِذَنبٍ جَنَيتُهُ

أَيا شاكِياً مِنّي لِذَنبٍ جَنَيتُهُ

فَدَيتُكَ مِن شاكٍ إِلَيَّ حَبيبِ

فَدَيتُكَ مِن شاكٍ إِلَيَّ حَبيبِ

O you who complain of me for a sin I committed,

O you who complain of my sin which I have committed,

May I be your ransom, beloved who complains to me!

I ransom you from a complainer who is dear to me.

لَئِن رابَ مِنّي ما يُريبُ فَإِنَّني

لَئِن رابَ مِنّي ما يُريبُ فَإِنَّني

عَلى عُدَواءِ الدَهرِ غَيرُ مُريبِ

عَلى عُدَواءِ الدَهرِ غَيرُ مُريبِ

If something from me has aroused suspicion, then indeed I am,

If he doubts anything dubious from me, surely I

despite time's adversity, no cause for doubt.

Am not dubious about the adversities of fate.

وَإِنّي لَأَرعى مِنكَ وَالغَيبُ بَينَنا

وَإِنّي لَأَرعى مِنكَ وَالغَيبُ بَينَنا

هَوىً قَلَّما يُرعى بِظَهرِ مَغيبِ

هَوىً قَلَّما يُرعى بِظَهرِ مَغيبِ

And I faithfully preserve for you, though absence lies between us,

And I shepherd from you, though distance is between us,

a love seldom preserved when one is out of sight.

A love that is rarely shepherded at the setting of a shepherd.

فَهَب لِيَ ذَنباً واحِداً كانَ قُلتُهُ

فَهَب لِيَ ذَنباً واحِداً كانَ قُلتُهُ

فَما زَلَلٌ مِن حازِمٍ بِعَجيبِ

فَما زَلَلٌ مِن حازِمٍ بِعَجيبِ

So forgive me one sin in something I had said;

So grant me just one sin I may have spoken,

for a lapse from a prudent man is nothing strange.

For stumbling is not strange for a resolute man.

فَيا حُسنَ حالِ الوُدِّ ما دَمتُ مُذنِباً

فَيا حُسنَ حالِ الوُدِّ ما دَمتُ مُذنِباً

أَتوبُ وَما ضامَت تُعَدُّ ذُنوبي

أَتوبُ وَما ضامَت تُعَدُّ ذُنوبي

So how fair is the state of love, so long as I remain a sinner!

So O beauty of the state of love, as long as I remain a sinner

I repent, and my sins, as they are counted, have wronged no one [wording uncertain].

I repent, and my transgressions are not counted as sins.