بَعُدتِ عَنّي فَتَغَيَّرت لي

بَعُدتِ عَنّي فَتَغَيَّرت لي

وَلَيسَ عِندي لَكِ تَغييرُ

وَلَيسَ عِندي لَكِ تَغييرُ

You have grown distant from me and changed toward me,

You went far from me, so you changed for me

yet I have not changed toward you.

And I have no change for you

فَجَدِّدي ما رَثَّ مِن وَصلِنا

فَجَدِّدي ما رَثَّ مِن وَصلِنا

وَكُلُّ ذَنبٍ لَك مَغفورُ

وَكُلُّ ذَنبٍ لَك مَغفورُ

So renew what has grown threadbare in our bond,

Renew what has worn from our connection

and every fault of yours is forgiven.

And every sin is forgiven for you

أُطَيِّبُ النَفسَ بِكِتمانِ ما

أُطَيِّبُ النَفسَ بِكِتمانِ ما

سارَت بِهِ مِن غَدرِكِ العيرُ

سارَت بِهِ مِن غَدرِكِ العيرُ

I soothe my soul by concealing what

I comfort myself by concealing what

the caravan has spread about your betrayal.

Has flowed through it from your betrayal, the lame

وَعدُكِ يا سَيِّدَتي غَرَّني

وَعدُكِ يا سَيِّدَتي غَرَّني

مِنكِ وَمَن يَعشَق مَغرورُ

مِنكِ وَمَن يَعشَق مَغرورُ

Your promise, my lady, deceived me

Your promise, my lady, deceived me

about you—and whoever loves is deceived.

From you, and who falls in love, deluded

يَحزنُني عِلمي بِنَفسِي إِذا

يَحزنُني عِلمي بِنَفسِي إِذا

قالَ خَليلي أَنتَ مَهجورُ

قالَ خَليلي أَنتَ مَهجورُ

Knowing my own plight saddens me when

It saddens me, my knowledge of myself, when

my dear friend says, "You are forsaken."

My friend says you are abandoned

يا لَيتَ مَن زَيَّنَ هَذا لَها

يا لَيتَ مَن زَيَّنَ هَذا لَها

جارَت لَنا فيهِ المَقاديرُ

جارَت لَنا فيهِ المَقاديرُ

Ah, would that the one who made this seem fair to her

Oh, if only whoever adorned this for her

had been wronged by fate in our favor.

Our fates intertwined in it

ساقي النَدامى سَقها صاحِبي

ساقي النَدامى سَقها صاحِبي

فَإِنَّني وَيحَكَ مَغدورُ

فَإِنَّني وَيحَكَ مَغدورُ

Cupbearer to the drinking companions, pour it, my friend,

The cupbearer of regrets gave it to my companion

for I have been betrayed—woe to you!

For I, by God, am wounded

أَأَشرَبُ الخَمرَ عَلى هَجرِها

أَأَشرَبُ الخَمرَ عَلى هَجرِها

إِنّي إِذاً بِالهَجرِ مَسرورُ

إِنّي إِذاً بِالهَجرِ مَسرورُ

Shall I drink wine over her forsaking me?

Shall I drink wine over her estrangement

Then I would indeed be glad to be forsaken.

I then would be happy with estrangement