أَباحَ الدَّمع سِرّاً لَم أَبُحهُ

أَباحَ الدَّمع سِرّاً لَم أَبُحهُ

فَدَمعي آفَتي لا تَظلِميني

فَدَمعي آفَتي لا تَظلِميني

Tears divulged a secret I had not divulged.

My tears have revealed a secret I never confessed,

So my tears are my bane—do not wrong me.

So do not blame me for my tears, my affliction.

فَما ذَنبي إِذا كانَت دُموعي

فَما ذَنبي إِذا كانَت دُموعي

تُعينُ عَلَيَّ أَسبابَ المنونِ

تُعينُ عَلَيَّ أَسبابَ المنونِ

What fault is mine, then, if my tears

Why should I be blamed if my tears

Aid the instruments of death against me?

Help the causes of death assail me?

إِذا ظَنَّ الجَليسُ بِبَعضِ ما بي

إِذا ظَنَّ الجَليسُ بِبَعضِ ما بي

نَصَبنَ لِعَينِهِ وَجهَ اليَقينِ

نَصَبنَ لِعَينِهِ وَجهَ اليَقينِ

If a companion suspects some of what ails me,

When my companion suspects some of what is in me

They set the face of certainty before his eyes.

He sets before his eyes the face of certainty.

وَنُرمى بِالظُّنونِ إِذا اِلتَقَينا

وَنُرمى بِالظُّنونِ إِذا اِلتَقَينا

فَتَكشِفُ لمحَتي لُبسَ الظُّنونِ

فَتَكشِفُ لمحَتي لُبسَ الظُّنونِ

And we are pelted with suspicions when we meet,

And we are accused by suspicions when we meet,

So my glance dispels the uncertainty of those suspicions.

So my glance uncovers the garb of suspicions.