يا كَثيرَ الصُدودِ وَالإِعراضِ

يا كَثيرَ الصُدودِ وَالإِعراضِ

أَنا راضٍ بِما بِهِ أَنتَ راضِ

أَنا راضٍ بِما بِهِ أَنتَ راضِ

O you so given to shunning and turning away,

O you who often spurns and turns away

I am content with whatever pleases you.

I'm content with how you are, come what may

هاتِ بِاللهِ يا حَبيبي قُل لي

هاتِ بِاللهِ يا حَبيبي قُل لي

أَينَ ذاكَ الرِضا وَأَينَ التَغاضي

أَينَ ذاكَ الرِضا وَأَينَ التَغاضي

Come, for God's sake, my beloved, tell me:

Please my love, tell me in God's name

Where is that contentment, and where is that forbearance?

Where is that acceptance, where is that ease

وَبِمَن في الأَنامِ تَعتاضُ عَمَّن

وَبِمَن في الأَنامِ تَعتاضُ عَمَّن

عَنكَ وَاللَهِ لَيسَ بِالمُعتاضِ

عَنكَ وَاللَهِ لَيسَ بِالمُعتاضِ

And whom among humankind would you take in place of one

And who of all people makes you displeased

who, by God, would take no one in your place?

With me? By God, none takes such offense!

سارَ لِيَ فيكَ شُهرَةٌ وَحَديثٌ

سارَ لِيَ فيكَ شُهرَةٌ وَحَديثٌ

مُستَفيضٌ مِن مَدمَعٍ فَيّاضِ

مُستَفيضٌ مِن مَدمَعٍ فَيّاضِ

My fame and my tale concerning you have spread,

For you I gained fame and much talk

widely told, from an overflowing fount of tears.

Flowing from a tearful eye's welling stalk

وَفُؤادٌ أَضحى بِغَيرِ اِصطِبارٍ

وَفُؤادٌ أَضحى بِغَيرِ اِصطِبارٍ

وَجُفونٌ أَمسَت بِغَيرِ اِغتِماضِ

وَجُفونٌ أَمسَت بِغَيرِ اِغتِماضِ

And a heart has become bereft of patience,

And a heart that lost all patience and calm

and eyelids now remain unclosed.

Eyelids that ceased their collected charm

إِنَّ لي حاجَةً إِلَيكَ وَإِنّي

إِنَّ لي حاجَةً إِلَيكَ وَإِنّي

في حَياءٍ عَن ذِكرِها وَاِنقِباضِ

في حَياءٍ عَن ذِكرِها وَاِنقِباضِ

Indeed, I have a request of you, and I

I have a need, dear, to ask of you

am bashful and reluctant to mention it.

Yet shyly I stay, my lips askew

حاجَةً مُذ أَرَدتُها أَنا في التَع

حاجَةً مُذ أَرَدتُها أَنا في التَع

ريضِ عَنها وَأَنتَ في الإِعراضِ

ريضِ عَنها وَأَنتَ في الإِعراضِ

A request—ever since I desired it, I have been hinting

A need, since I wanted, I in consent

at it, while you keep turning away.

Declined, while you cared not to relent

أَمَلي فيكَ دونَهُ سَيفُ لَحظٍ

أَمَلي فيكَ دونَهُ سَيفُ لَحظٍ

ذاكَ مُستَقبَلٌ وَهَذاكَ ماضي

ذاكَ مُستَقبَلٌ وَهَذاكَ ماضي

My hope in you is barred by the sword of a glance;

My hope in you a mere glance has rent

that hope lies in the future; that sword is keen-edged.

That was future, and this is past tense

أَشتَهي أَن أَفوزَ مِنكَ بِوَعدٍ

أَشتَهي أَن أَفوزَ مِنكَ بِوَعدٍ

وَدَعِ العُمرَ يَنقَضي في التَقاضي

وَدَعِ العُمرَ يَنقَضي في التَقاضي

I long to win a promise from you,

I desire your promised word to hence

and let my life pass in seeking its fulfillment.

Let life in wants and needs come to an end

هَذِهِ قِصَّتي وَهَذا حَديثي

هَذِهِ قِصَّتي وَهَذا حَديثي

وَلَكَ الأَمرُ فَاِقضِ ما أَنتَ قاضي

وَلَكَ الأَمرُ فَاِقضِ ما أَنتَ قاضي

This is my story, and this is my account.

This my tale, my talk, my attended send

And the decision is yours, so decree what you will.

Yours the choice, fulfill what you intend