فِداكَ أَبي ما لي أَراكِ بِحَسرَةٍ

فِداكَ أَبي ما لي أَراكِ بِحَسرَةٍ

بُليتِ بِهَجرٍ أَو دُهيتِ بِبَينِ

بُليتِ بِهَجرٍ أَو دُهيتِ بِبَينِ

May my father be your ransom—why do I see you sorrowful?

I ransom you with my father, why do I see you so wistfully

Have you been afflicted by abandonment, or stricken by separation?

Afflicted by estrangement or worn out by separation

وَما لي أَرى ديباجَ خَدِّكِ أَصفَراً

وَما لي أَرى ديباجَ خَدِّكِ أَصفَراً

وَنَرجِسَتي عَينَيكِ ذابِلَتَينِ

وَنَرجِسَتي عَينَيكِ ذابِلَتَينِ

And why do I see the brocade of your cheek yellow,

Why do I see the brocade of your cheek turned yellow

And the two narcissi of your eyes withered?

And my narcissi, your eyes, all withered

زَعَمتِ بِأَنّي لَستُ أُحسِنُ عُذرَةً

زَعَمتِ بِأَنّي لَستُ أُحسِنُ عُذرَةً

أَلا إِنَّ ذا عُذري فَكَيفَ تَرَيني

أَلا إِنَّ ذا عُذري فَكَيفَ تَرَيني

You claimed that I cannot offer a good excuse.

You claimed that I cannot make a good excuse

Behold, this is my excuse—so how do you regard me?

Behold, this is my excuse, so how do you see me