ياO مَنْone whose حياتيmy life رضاهُhis favor فيin تعتُّبهِhis reproach
يا مَنْ حياتي رضاهُ في تعتُّبهِ
ومَنْand one whose مماتيmy death جَفاهُhis estrangement فيin تَغضُّبِهِhis anger
ومَنْ مماتي جَفاهُ في تَغضُّبِهِ
O you whose favor, amid your reproach, is my life,
O you whose pleasure in reproaching me is my life
And whose estrangement, amid your anger, is my death,
And whose estrangement in anger is my death
هجرتَنيyou abandoned me ظالماًunjustly منfrom غيرwithout ماany (emphatic) سببٍreason
هجرتَني ظالماً من غير ما سببٍ
فَفاضso overflowed دمعُtears عذوليmy reproacher منfrom تعجُّبِهِhis astonishment
فَفاض دمعُ عذولي من تعجُّبِهِ
You abandoned me unjustly, without any cause,
You abandoned me unjustly without any cause
So my reproacher’s tears overflowed in his astonishment.
So the tears of my grief overflowed in bewilderment
ماnot خانكbetrayed you الطَّرفُthe gaze مِنِّيof mine قَطُّever فيin نظرٍa glance
ما خانك الطَّرفُ مِنِّي قَطُّ في نظرٍ
ولاnor سَلاgrew forgetful عنكَof you قلبيmy heart فيin تَقلُّبِهِits changes
ولا سَلا عنكَ قلبي في تَقلُّبِهِ
My gaze has never betrayed you in a glance,
My eyes never betrayed you with a glance
Nor has my heart forgotten you amid its changes.
Nor did my heart ask about you in its turmoil
وأَنتَand you واللهِby God ياO سُؤليmy desire وياand O أَمليmy hope
وأَنتَ واللهِ يا سُؤلي ويا أَملي
أَعزُّdearer فيin مهجتيmy soul مماthan what أَراكَI see you بِهِwith it
أَعزُّ في مهجتي مما أَراكَ بِهِ
And you, by God, O my desire and O my hope,
By God, you are my wish and my hope
Are dearer to my soul than my gaze upon you reveals.
More precious to me than what I see you with