حَبيبٌ لَيْسَ يَنْصِفُنِي

حَبيبٌ لَيْسَ يَنْصِفُنِي

وَمَوْلىً لَيْسَ يَرْحَمُنِي

وَمَوْلىً لَيْسَ يَرْحَمُنِي

A beloved who does not treat me fairly,

A beloved who does not do me justice

And a master who shows me no mercy.

And a master who does not have mercy on me

أَمُرُّ بِهِ فَيُبْعِدُنِي

أَمُرُّ بِهِ فَيُبْعِدُنِي

وَأُنْصِفُهُ فَيَظْلِمُنِي

وَأُنْصِفُهُ فَيَظْلِمُنِي

I pass by him, and he drives me away;

I go to him yet he distances me

And I treat him fairly, yet he wrongs me.

And I am just to him yet he wrongs me

وَلِي أَمَلٌ يَلُوذُ بِهِ

وَلِي أَمَلٌ يَلُوذُ بِهِ

يُعَنِّينِي وَيُطْمِعُنِي

يُعَنِّينِي وَيُطْمِعُنِي

And I have a hope that takes refuge in him;

And I have a hope that takes refuge in him

He torments me and raises my hopes.

That gives me solace and makes me covet

يَضِنُّ بِوَعْدِهِ فإِذا

يَضِنُّ بِوَعْدِهِ فإِذا

أجابَ إلَيْهِ أَخْلَفَنِي

أجابَ إلَيْهِ أَخْلَفَنِي

He is grudging with his promise, and when

He is stingy with his promise so when

He agrees to give it, he breaks his word to me.

I answer his call, he disappoints me

أَما تَرْثِي لِمُكْتَئِبٍ

أَما تَرْثِي لِمُكْتَئِبٍ

أسِيرٍ فِي يَدِ الْحَزَنِ

أسِيرٍ فِي يَدِ الْحَزَنِ

Will you not pity one forlorn,

Will you not eulogize one who is depressed

A captive in the hand of sorrow?

A captive in the hands of grief