أنتَ بما في نفسهِ أعلمْ

أنتَ بما في نفسهِ أعلمْ

فاحكُمْ بما أحببتَ أن تحكُمْ

فاحكُمْ بما أحببتَ أن تحكُمْ

You know best what is in his soul;

You know what is in my soul

So judge as you wish to judge.

So judge as you would like to judge

ألحاظُه في الحبِّ قد هَتكتْ

ألحاظُه في الحبِّ قد هَتكتْ

مكتومَهُ والحبُّ لا يُكتَمْ

مكتومَهُ والحبُّ لا يُكتَمْ

His glances in love have laid bare

His glances in love have violated

What he concealed—and love cannot be concealed.

What I kept hidden, and love cannot be hidden

يا مقلةً وحشيَّةً قتلتْ

يا مقلةً وحشيَّةً قتلتْ

نفساً بلا نفْسٍ ولم تَظلِمْ

نفساً بلا نفْسٍ ولم تَظلِمْ

O wild eye that has slain

O savage and cruel beauty that has killed

A soul, not in return for a soul, yet done no wrong!

A soul without soul and has not wronged

قالتْ تَسلَّيتُ فقلتُ لها

قالتْ تَسلَّيتُ فقلتُ لها

ما بالُ قلبي هائمٌ مُغرمْ

ما بالُ قلبي هائمٌ مُغرمْ

She said, “I have found solace,” so I said to her:

She said, I consoled myself, so I said to her

“What ails my heart, bewildered and love-stricken?”

Why is my heart obsessed and infatuated

يا أيُّها الزّاري على عُمرٍ

يا أيُّها الزّاري على عُمرٍ

قد قلتَ فيهِ غير ما تَعلمْ

قد قلتَ فيهِ غير ما تَعلمْ

O you who disparage Umar,

O visitor for a lifetime

You have said of him what you do not know.

You have said about it what you do not know