رَمَى حَرَّ قَلْبي بأَجْفانِهِ

رَمَى حَرَّ قَلْبي بأَجْفانِهِ

رَشا ما دَرى قَدْرَ ما قَدْ رَمى

رَشا ما دَرى قَدْرَ ما قَدْ رَمى

He struck my heart's core with his eyelids—

a fawn who knew not the worth of what he had struck.

وَقَدْ كانَ قَدَّمَ إِحْسانَهُ

وَقَدْ كانَ قَدَّمَ إِحْسانَهُ

وَلكِنَّهُ قَدَّ ما قَدَّما

وَلكِنَّهُ قَدَّ ما قَدَّما

And he had already offered his kindness,

but he tore apart what he had offered.

وَهَدَّمَ بُنْيانَ صَبْري بِهِ

وَهَدَّمَ بُنْيانَ صَبْري بِهِ

فما أَحَدٌ هَدَّ ما هَدَّما

فما أَحَدٌ هَدَّ ما هَدَّما

And with it he demolished the edifice of my patience;

for no one has demolished what he demolished.

لَئِنْ كانَ حَرَّمَ مِنْ أُنْسِهِ

لَئِنْ كانَ حَرَّمَ مِنْ أُنْسِهِ

حَلالاً فَيا حَرَّ ما حَرَّما

حَلالاً فَيا حَرَّ ما حَرَّما

If indeed he has forbidden, of his companionship,

something lawful—then oh, the searing heat of what he forbade!

وَإِنْ كانَ أَضْرَمَ نارَ الْجَوىَ

وَإِنْ كانَ أَضْرَمَ نارَ الْجَوىَ

فَلا أَشْتَكي ضرَّ ما أَضْرَما

فَلا أَشْتَكي ضرَّ ما أَضْرَما

And if he has kindled the fire of lovesickness,

then I do not complain of the harm of what he kindled.

فَتَسْليمُ أَمْري بهِ لِلْقَضا

فَتَسْليمُ أَمْري بهِ لِلْقَضا

ذَخَرْتَ بِهِ أَجْرَ ما أَجْرَما

ذَخَرْتَ بِهِ أَجْرَ ما أَجْرَما

So my surrender of my affair concerning him to fate—

through it you have stored up a reward for his wrongdoing.