أَماwas it not تَقرَّرَsettled أَنّاthat we
أَما تَقرَّرَ أَنّا
فَلِمthen why تَأَخَّرتَyou were late عَنّاaway from us
فَلِم تَأَخَّرتَ عَنّا
Was it not settled that we...
Have you not resolved that we
Then why were you late in coming to us?
Why then did you delay us
وَلَمand did not يَكُنexist لَكَfor you عُذرٌan excuse
وَلَم يَكُن لَكَ عُذرٌ
وَلوand if يَكونُthere were one عَلِمناwe would have known
وَلو يَكونُ عَلِمنا
And you had no excuse;
And you had no excuse
and had there been one, we would have known.
Even if we had known
وَماand what الَّذيthat which كانَhappened حَتّىsuch that
وَما الَّذي كانَ حَتّى
حَلَلتَyou undid ماwhat قَدalready عَقَدناwe had bound
حَلَلتَ ما قَد عَقَدنا
And what happened that
And what was it that
you undid what we had bound?
You undid what we had bound
فَلاso do not تَلُمناblame us فَإِنّاfor we
فَلا تَلُمنا فَإِنّا
قُلناwe spoke وَقُلناand we spoke وَقُلناand we spoke
قُلنا وَقُلنا وَقُلنا
So do not blame us, for we
So do not blame us for we
spoke, and spoke, and spoke.
Said and said and said
وَقَدand indeed أَتَيناكَwe came to you زَحفاًcrawling
وَقَد أَتَيناكَ زَحفاً
وَأَنتَwhile you تَهرُبُflee مِنّاfrom us
وَأَنتَ تَهرُبُ مِنّا
And we have come crawling to you,
And we came crawling to you
while you flee from us.
While you fled from us
وَاِنظُرand consider لِنَفسِكَfor yourself فيماconcerning what
وَاِنظُر لِنَفسِكَ فيما
قَدalready كانَoccurred مِنكَfrom you وَدَعناand leave us
قَد كانَ مِنكَ وَدَعنا
And consider for yourself what
And look to yourself in what
you have done, and leave us alone.
Had come from you, and leave us