ظالمتي في الهوى لا تَظلمي

ظالمتي في الهوى لا تَظلمي

فتَصْرمي حَبلَ مَنَ لم يصْرِمِ

فتَصْرمي حَبلَ مَنَ لم يصْرِمِ

You who wrong me in love, do not wrong me,

My cruelty in passion, do not be cruel

by severing the cord of one who has not severed it.

So you cut off the rope of one who did not cut it off

أَهكذا باطلاً عاقَبتنِي

أَهكذا باطلاً عاقَبتنِي

لا يَرحمُ اللَّهُ مَن لم يَرحمِ

لا يَرحمُ اللَّهُ مَن لم يَرحمِ

Have you punished me thus, without cause?

Is this how you have unjustly punished me?

God shows no mercy to one who has shown none.

May God not have mercy on one who has no mercy

قَتلتِ نفساً بلا نفسٍ وما

قَتلتِ نفساً بلا نفسٍ وما

ذنبٌ بأعظمَ من سَفكِ الدّمِ

ذنبٌ بأعظمَ من سَفكِ الدّمِ

You took a life without a life to avenge, and no

You killed a soul without a soul, yet

sin is greater than the shedding of blood.

No sin is greater than shedding blood

لمثلِ هذا بكَتْ عيني ولا

لمثلِ هذا بكَتْ عيني ولا

للمنزلِ القفرِ وللأرْسُمِ

للمنزلِ القفرِ وللأرْسُمِ

For the like of this my eye wept, not

It's for this that my eyes wept but not

for the deserted dwelling or the ruins.

For the empty dwelling or the burial ground

ماذا وُقوفي على رسمٍ عَفا

ماذا وُقوفي على رسمٍ عَفا

مُخلَوْلقٍ دارِسٍ مُسْتعجمِ

مُخلَوْلقٍ دارِسٍ مُسْتعجمِ

What use is my standing over a faded trace,

What is my standing on tracings gone

worn out, effaced, and mute?

A foreign house, an unfamiliar land