ظالِمٌ ما عَلِمتُه

ظالِمٌ ما عَلِمتُه

مُعتَدٍ لا عَدِمتُه

مُعتَدٍ لا عَدِمتُه

Unjust, as I have known him;

I have not known an unjust man,

a transgressor—may I never lose him!

Nor one given to excess whom I did not avoid,

زاهِدٌ إِن وَصَلتُه

زاهِدٌ إِن وَصَلتُه

غافِلٌ إِن صَرَمتُه

غافِلٌ إِن صَرَمتُه

Indifferent if I draw close to him,

Nor an ascetic to whom I did not attach myself

heedless if I sever ties with him.

If he were neglectful of me or cast me off.

مُرصَدٌ بِالخُلوفِ وَالمَن

مُرصَدٌ بِالخُلوفِ وَالمَن

عِ مِن حَيثُ رُمتُه

عِ مِن حَيثُ رُمتُه

Ready with broken promises and withholding,

I watch my comrades with care,

wherever I sought him.

And am wary of them from every side.

لامَني حينَ لُمتُه

لامَني حينَ لُمتُه

ظَنَّ أَنّي ظَلَمتُه

ظَنَّ أَنّي ظَلَمتُه

He blamed me when I blamed him,

When a bosom friend deceived me,

thinking I had wronged him.

I said, "I wronged him not."

قُلتُ لا عُدتُ هاك

قُلتُ لا عُدتُ هاك

هذا فَمن قَد خَتَمتُه

هذا فَمن قَد خَتَمتُه

I said: 'May I never return! Here—

Of him who ended matters between me and him

this—a mouth I have sealed.'

I said, "I have not failed him."

كَم وَكَم قَد طَوَيتُ ما

كَم وَكَم قَد طَوَيتُ ما

بي وَكَم قَد كَتَمتُه

بي وَكَم قَد كَتَمتُه

How often, how often, I folded away what

How many affairs I have concealed

was within me, and how often I concealed it!

Concerning myself, and many I have suppressed.

قالَ ما شاءَ فَليَقُل

قالَ ما شاءَ فَليَقُل

كُلُّ ذا قَد فَهِمتُه

كُلُّ ذا قَد فَهِمتُه

He said what he wished—let him speak;

Let him say what he will, say on -

all this I have understood.

All of those, I have understood them.

لَو بَكى عُمرَهُ مِن الوَج

لَو بَكى عُمرَهُ مِن الوَج

دِ ما إِن رَحمتُه

دِ ما إِن رَحمتُه

Even if he wept his whole life from longing,

If he were to weep his lifetime for love of me

I would never pity him.

I would not have pity on him.

قُلتُ شَيء حُرِمتُه

قُلتُ شَيء حُرِمتُه

لَيسَ لي ما حُرِمتُه

لَيسَ لي ما حُرِمتُه

I said: 'Something I was denied—

I said a thing made unlawful to me

what I was denied is not mine.'

Not mine is that made unlawful to me.

رُبَّ هَمٍ طَوَيتُ في

رُبَّ هَمٍ طَوَيتُ في

كَ وَغَيظٍ كَظَمتُه

كَ وَغَيظٍ كَظَمتُه

How many a grief I folded away concerning

How many griefs I have folded into myself

you, and how much anger I swallowed;

For you, and resentments suppressed,

وَعَناءٍ مِنَ العَنا

وَعَناءٍ مِنَ العَنا

ءِ طَويلٍ جَشَمتُه

ءِ طَويلٍ جَشَمتُه

and hardship among hardships,

And troubles from misery - long lasting -

long-lasting, which I bore;

Borne, and pains mended.

وَأمورٍ خَضَعتُ في

وَأمورٍ خَضَعتُ في

ها وَضَيم رَمَمتُه

ها وَضَيم رَمَمتُه

and matters in which I bowed,

And stations in passion - lasting -

and injustice I patched over;

Established.

وَمَقامٍ عَلى الهَوا

وَمَقامٍ عَلى الهَوا

نِ طَويلٍ أَقَمتُه

نِ طَويلٍ أَقَمتُه

and a stay amid humiliation,

Yet I weary of my life

a long one I endured.

And my passion not weary of.

وَحَياتي سَئِمتُها

وَحَياتي سَئِمتُها

وَالهَوى ما سَئِمتُه

وَالهَوى ما سَئِمتُه

And my life—I have grown weary of it;

yet love—I have not grown weary of it.