الدَّهْرُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَنا يا ظالِمَهْ

الدَّهْرُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَنا يا ظالِمَهْ

ها حَالَتي هَاتِي وأنْتِ العالِمَهْ

ها حَالَتي هَاتِي وأنْتِ العالِمَهْ

Time shall judge between us, O my oppressor.

Time will judge between us, O unjust one.

Here is my plight—present it, for you know it well.

Behold, this is my plight, and you know it.

الحاظُكِ الدُّعْجُ الوَقاحُ ظَلَمْنَني

الحاظُكِ الدُّعْجُ الوَقاحُ ظَلَمْنَني

هَيْهاتَ لا لا بَلْ لِحاظِي الظالِمَهْ

هَيْهاتَ لا لا بَلْ لِحاظِي الظالِمَهْ

Your dark-eyed, brazen glances have wronged me.

Your dark, brazen glances have wronged me.

Far from it—no, no! Rather, my own glances are the guilty ones.

Far from it! No, no—rather, my glances are the wrongdoers.

طَرْفي على قَلبي جَنَى لَوْ أنَّني

طَرْفي على قَلبي جَنَى لَوْ أنَّني

حارَبْتُ عَيْنِيْ ما غَدَوْتُ مُسَالِمَهْ

حارَبْتُ عَيْنِيْ ما غَدَوْتُ مُسَالِمَهْ

My gaze transgressed against my heart; had I but

My gaze has wronged my heart; had I

waged war against your eyes, I would never have made peace.

fought my eye, I would not have made peace with it.

أنْتِ الأميرُ وأنْتِ خَصمي فاحْكُمي

أنْتِ الأميرُ وأنْتِ خَصمي فاحْكُمي

لِي أو عَلَيَّ فَلنْ أُسائِلَ ذا لِمَهْ

لِي أو عَلَيَّ فَلنْ أُسائِلَ ذا لِمَهْ

You are the sovereign, and you are my adversary—so judge

You are the ruler, and you are my adversary; so judge

for me or against me; I shall never ask why.

in my favor or against me; I will not ask why that is.

مالِيْ لِمَنْ أشكُو سِواكِ ظُلامَتِي

مالِيْ لِمَنْ أشكُو سِواكِ ظُلامَتِي

فَلْتَرْحَمي صَبّاً شَكاكِ مَظالِمَهْ

فَلْتَرْحَمي صَبّاً شَكاكِ مَظالِمَهْ

Whom have I but you, to whom I may complain of the wrong done me?

What am I to do? To whom but you can I complain of my grievance?

Then have mercy on a lovesick lover who laid his wrongs before you.

So have mercy on a lovesick man who has complained to you of his grievances.