بذلتَ الكئيبَ لأحزانهِ

بذلتَ الكئيبَ لأحزانهِ

لأوصابهِ وبهجرانهِ

لأوصابهِ وبهجرانهِ

You surrendered the sorrowful one to his sorrows,

You gave your sad one to his sorrows,

to his afflictions, and by abandoning him.

To his misfortunes and his estrangement,

وجُرتَ على طرفِ باكي الجفو

وجُرتَ على طرفِ باكي الجفو

نِ مُنحدرِ الدمعِ هَتَّانهِ

نِ مُنحدرِ الدمعِ هَتَّانهِ

And you were cruel to an eye with weeping eye-

And you let flow down the cheek of the weeping willow

lids, streaming with tears and shedding them in torrents.

The cascade of his falling tears.

فوكلتَهُ بالذي إن يَدُم

فوكلتَهُ بالذي إن يَدُم

سيأتي على نفسِ إنسانهِ

سيأتي على نفسِ إنسانهِ

So you consigned it to what, if it lasts,

You left him to the One who, if He wills,

will destroy the very life of its pupil.

Will destroy the very soul of man.

فنم لا سرُرتَ وإن لم تَنَم

فنم لا سرُرتَ وإن لم تَنَم

فليسَ سُهادُكَ من شأنهِ

فليسَ سُهادُكَ من شأنهِ

So sleep—may you know no joy! And if you do not sleep,

So sleep! Do not delight, and if you cannot sleep,

then your sleeplessness has nothing to do with him.

It is no fault of His.