قَطَعتَ عُرى وُدّي وَخُنتَ أَمانَتي

قَطَعتَ عُرى وُدّي وَخُنتَ أَمانَتي

وَأَبدَيتَ لي عَتباً وَلَم تَقبَلِ العُتبى

وَأَبدَيتَ لي عَتباً وَلَم تَقبَلِ العُتبى

You severed the bonds of my affection and betrayed my trust.

You severed the ties of my love and betrayed my trust

And you voiced reproach to me, yet would not accept amends.

And reproached me yet did not accept reproach

فَيا رُبَّ لَيلٍ لا يُرَجّى صَباحُهُ

فَيا رُبَّ لَيلٍ لا يُرَجّى صَباحُهُ

تَحَمَّلتُ فيهِ ما كَرِهتُ كَما تَهوى

تَحَمَّلتُ فيهِ ما كَرِهتُ كَما تَهوى

Ah, how many a night with no hope of dawn,

Oh Lord of a night with no hoped-for dawn

In which I endured what I hated, just as you wished.

In it I endured what I disliked as you wished

فَيا حَسرَتي إِن رَدَّ كَفَّيَ مانِعٌ

فَيا حَسرَتي إِن رَدَّ كَفَّيَ مانِعٌ

فَقَصَّرَها عَمّا تُحِبُّ مِنَ الدُنيا

فَقَصَّرَها عَمّا تُحِبُّ مِنَ الدُنيا

And alas for me if a withholder turns back my hand,

Oh what a regret if a preventer holds back my palms

And keeps it from what it loves in this world.

And restricts them from what I love in this life

وَما بُغيَتي في مِنَّةٍ لي أَنالُها

وَما بُغيَتي في مِنَّةٍ لي أَنالُها

وَأَبلُغُها إِلّا نَظَرتُ إِلى أُخرى

وَأَبلُغُها إِلّا نَظَرتُ إِلى أُخرى

And no sooner do I gain a favor I desire for myself

My ambition was not for a favor I could obtain

And attain it than I look toward another.

And attain, but only that I might look upon another