حَبيبِيَ ما هَذا الجَفاءُ الَّذي أَرى

حَبيبِيَ ما هَذا الجَفاءُ الَّذي أَرى

وَأَينَ التَغاضي بَينَنا وَالتَعَطُّفُ

وَأَينَ التَغاضي بَينَنا وَالتَعَطُّفُ

My beloved, what is this coldness that I see?

My beloved, what is this aloofness I see

And where are the forbearance and tenderness between us?

And where is the tolerance between us and tenderness

لَكَ اليَومَ أَمرٌ لا أَشُكُّ يُريبُني

لَكَ اليَومَ أَمرٌ لا أَشُكُّ يُريبُني

فَما وَجهُكَ الوَجهُ الَّذي كُنتُ أَعرِفُ

فَما وَجهُكَ الوَجهُ الَّذي كُنتُ أَعرِفُ

Something about you today, I have no doubt, makes me uneasy.

You have something today I have no doubt disturbs me

For your face is not the face I used to know.

So what is your face, the face I used to know

لَقَد نَقَلَ الواشونَ عَنِّيَ باطِلاً

لَقَد نَقَلَ الواشونَ عَنِّيَ باطِلاً

وَمِلتُ لِما قالوا فَزادوا وَأَسرَفوا

وَمِلتُ لِما قالوا فَزادوا وَأَسرَفوا

Indeed, the slanderers have reported falsehoods about me.

The slanderers have certainly conveyed falsehoods about me

And I was swayed by what they said, so they added more and went too far.

And I'm tired of what they say, as they exaggerate and go too far

كَأَنَّكَ قَد صَدَّقتَ فِيَّ حَديثَهُم

كَأَنَّكَ قَد صَدَّقتَ فِيَّ حَديثَهُم

وَحاشاكَ مِن هَذا وَخُلقُكَ أَشرَفُ

وَحاشاكَ مِن هَذا وَخُلقُكَ أَشرَفُ

It is as though you have believed their talk about me.

It's as if you've believed their talk about me

And far be this from you—your character is nobler.

Far be it from you, this is beneath your noble nature

وَقَد كانَ قَولُ الناسِ في الناسِ قَبلَنا

وَقَد كانَ قَولُ الناسِ في الناسِ قَبلَنا

فَفُنِّدَ يَعقوبٌ وَسُرِّقَ يوسُفُ

فَفُنِّدَ يَعقوبٌ وَسُرِّقَ يوسُفُ

And people spoke about people before our time.

And people's talk about people has happened before us

So Jacob was called senile, and Joseph was accused of theft.

Jacob was accused and Joseph stolen away

بِعَيشِكَ قُل لي ما الَّذي قَد سَمَعتَهُ

بِعَيشِكَ قُل لي ما الَّذي قَد سَمَعتَهُ

فَإِنَّكَ تَدري ما تَقولُ وَتُنصِفُ

فَإِنَّكَ تَدري ما تَقولُ وَتُنصِفُ

By your life, tell me what you have heard.

By your life, tell me what you have heard

For you know what you say and are fair.

For you know what you say and judge fairly

فَإِن كانَ قَولاً صَحَّ أَنِّيَ قُلتُهُ

فَإِن كانَ قَولاً صَحَّ أَنِّيَ قُلتُهُ

فَلِلقَولِ تَأويلٌ وَلِلقَولِ مَصرَف

فَلِلقَولِ تَأويلٌ وَلِلقَولِ مَصرَف

For if it is a statement I truly did make,

If it is something true I said

Then a statement admits interpretation and can be taken another way.

Then words have interpretations and turns

وَهَب أَنَّهُ قَولٌ مِنَ اللَهِ مُنزَلٌ

وَهَب أَنَّهُ قَولٌ مِنَ اللَهِ مُنزَلٌ

فَقَد بَدَّلَ التَوراةَ قَومٌ وَحَرَّفوا

فَقَد بَدَّلَ التَوراةَ قَومٌ وَحَرَّفوا

And suppose it is a word sent down from God:

And if it is a revelation from God

For some people have indeed altered the Torah and distorted it.

People have altered the Torah and exaggerated

وَها أَنا وَالواشي وَأَنتَ جَميعُنا

وَها أَنا وَالواشي وَأَنتَ جَميعُنا

يَكونُ لَنا يَومٌ عَظيمٌ وَمَوقِفُ

يَكونُ لَنا يَومٌ عَظيمٌ وَمَوقِفُ

And here we are—I, the slanderer, and you, all of us:

We will have a momentous day and reckoning

A mighty day and a standing for judgment await us.