قل لمَن نَاله ملامه

قل لمَن نَاله ملامه

واشتاقَ حتَّى بَدا سَقامُه

واشتاقَ حتَّى بَدا سَقامُه

Say to him whom reproach has overtaken,

Tell the one who is blamed

And who yearned until his sickness showed:

And yearned until his sickness appeared

فطالَ من عاذليهِ لما

فطالَ من عاذليهِ لما

رَأوهُ لا يَرعَوي ملامُه

رَأوهُ لا يَرعَوي ملامُه

So the blame from his reproachers grew prolonged when

So the blame of his critics lasted

They saw that he would not desist.

When they saw he does not care for their blame

يا حَسنَ الوَجهِ ذُق ذِماماً

يا حَسنَ الوَجهِ ذُق ذِماماً

لم يقضَ من حبِّكم حِمامُه

لم يقضَ من حبِّكم حِمامُه

O fair of face, taste a pledge of protection;

O beautiful face, taste patience

His death from love for you has not been decreed.

For he has not fulfilled his love for you

يا مَن رَماني بمقلتيهِ

يا مَن رَماني بمقلتيهِ

فلم يطِش إذ رَمى سِهامُه

فلم يطِش إذ رَمى سِهامُه

O you who shot me with your two eyes,

O you who shot me with your glances

So your arrows did not miss when you shot.

But your arrows did not pierce when you shot them