أَلا في سَبيلِ اللَهِ ما حَلَّ بي مِنكَ

أَلا في سَبيلِ اللَهِ ما حَلَّ بي مِنكَ

وَأَنتَ لَفي حِلٍّ بِما شِئتَ مِن فَتكِ

وَأَنتَ لَفي حِلٍّ بِما شِئتَ مِن فَتكِ

Ah, for God's sake, all that has befallen me at your hands!

Alas! For the cause of God, what has befallen me from you

And you are absolved of whatever deadly violence you choose.

While you are at ease with whatever you wish of separation

وَما الصَعبُ إِلّا حُبُّكَ الصَدُّ وَالجَفا

وَما الصَعبُ إِلّا حُبُّكَ الصَدُّ وَالجَفا

وَصَبَّرَكَ عَنّي حَيثُ لا صَبرَ لي عَنكِ

وَصَبَّرَكَ عَنّي حَيثُ لا صَبرَ لي عَنكِ

And the only hardship is your love of rejection and coldness,

And nothing is difficult except your love, your disdain and aloofness

And your patience apart from me, while I have none apart from you.

And your patience with me, when I have no patience without you

وَتَرَكَكَ جِسمي بَعدَ مُهجَتي

وَتَرَكَكَ جِسمي بَعدَ مُهجَتي

حَرامٌ إِذا ما كُنتُ عَبدَكَ بِالمُلكِ

حَرامٌ إِذا ما كُنتُ عَبدَكَ بِالمُلكِ

And your abandoning my body after my lifeblood

And my body has left me after my torment

Is forbidden, if I am indeed your slave by right of ownership.

It is forbidden, if I was your servant with the kingdom

وَمِن سوءِ حَظّي تَركُهُ بَعدَ ذا القَلا

وَمِن سوءِ حَظّي تَركُهُ بَعدَ ذا القَلا

ضَئيلاً فَهَلّا كانَ مِن قَبلُ ذا التُركِ

ضَئيلاً فَهَلّا كانَ مِن قَبلُ ذا التُركِ

And, to my ill fortune, it is left after this aversion,

And from my misfortune, it left me after this emaciation

Wasted—why did this abandonment not come sooner?

If only it had left before this abandonment

فَهَل حاكَمَ في الحُبُّ يَحكُمُ بَينَنا

فَهَل حاكَمَ في الحُبُّ يَحكُمُ بَينَنا

إِذا ماسَ مِنكَ القَدُّ لَم يَرُم بِالشَكِّ

إِذا ماسَ مِنكَ القَدُّ لَم يَرُم بِالشَكِّ

Is there, then, a judge in love to judge between us,

Is there an arbiter in love to judge between us

Who, when your figure sways, will not be assailed by doubt?

When old age takes its toll, he does not doubt

يَقومُ لَهُ دَمعي بِإِثباتِ ما جَرى

يَقومُ لَهُ دَمعي بِإِثباتِ ما جَرى

وَيَأخُذُ لي حَقّي وَيُنصِفَني مِنكِ

وَيَأخُذُ لي حَقّي وَيُنصِفَني مِنكِ

My tears would stand before him to prove what occurred,

My tears testify what has happened

And he would obtain my due for me and do me justice against you.

And take my right for me and do me justice from you