عذبت قلبي بالتجني

عذبت قلبي بالتجني

فإلى مَ تكلف بالتثني

فإلى مَ تكلف بالتثني

You tormented my heart with unjust cruelty.

You have tormented my heart with indifference

How long, then, will you be bent on swaying?

So to whom do you oblige me to show affection?

يا غصن بانٍ فوقه

يا غصن بانٍ فوقه

قمرٌ بطلعته فتني

قمرٌ بطلعته فتني

O branch of a bān tree, above which

O branch leaning over it

is a moon whose countenance has bewitched me.

A moon with its rising has tempted me

من عاذري بلحاظهِ

من عاذري بلحاظهِ

إني القتيل بهنّ أني

إني القتيل بهنّ أني

Who will excuse me on account of his glances?

He who blames me for my gaze

'Indeed, I am slain by them'—such is my moan.

I am the one slain by the splendor of his eyes

ظبيٌ رشيقٌ كلما

ظبيٌ رشيقٌ كلما

أدنو إليه يقول عني

أدنو إليه يقول عني

A graceful gazelle—whenever

A graceful gazelle, whenever

I draw near him, he says, 'Away from me!'

I approach, says "Turn away from me!"

فأقول ترضى أن أع

فأقول ترضى أن أع

ني مهجتي فيقول عني

ني مهجتي فيقول عني

So I say, 'Would you consent to my tormenting

So I say "Will you be pleased if I give

my soul?' He says, 'Away from me!'

My innermost soul?" And he says "Turn away from me!"