يا واشِياً حَسُنَت فينا إِساءَتهُ

يا واشِياً حَسُنَت فينا إِساءَتهُ

نَجّى حِذارُكَ إِنساني مِنَ الغَرَقِ

نَجّى حِذارُكَ إِنساني مِنَ الغَرَقِ

O talebearer, whose harm to us did us good,

O you who reproached me, your reproach did me good

Fear of you saved my eye's pupil from drowning.

Your warning rescued my humanity from drowning

إِنّي أَصُدُّ دُموعاً لَجَّ سائِقُها

إِنّي أَصُدُّ دُموعاً لَجَّ سائِقُها

مَطروفَةَ العَينِ بِالمَرضى مِنَ الحَدَقِ

مَطروفَةَ العَينِ بِالمَرضى مِنَ الحَدَقِ

I hold back tears whose driver is relentless,

Indeed I hold back tears whose driver rushed forth

Wounded in the eye by languid pupils.

Sick with crying, eyes overflowing with tears

إيهٍ فَإِنَّ النَوى وافَت مُصيبَتُهُ

إيهٍ فَإِنَّ النَوى وافَت مُصيبَتُهُ

مُوَلَّعَ القَلبِ بَينَ الشَوقِ وَالقَلَقِ

مُوَلَّعَ القَلبِ بَينَ الشَوقِ وَالقَلَقِ

Speak on, for separation's calamity has overtaken

Alas, fate has reached its purpose in him

One whose heart is aflame between longing and anxiety.

My heart distraught, torn between yearning and disquiet

ما كُلُّ عاذِلَةٍ تُصغي لَها أُذُني

ما كُلُّ عاذِلَةٍ تُصغي لَها أُذُني

وَقَد سَمِعتِ عَلى الإِكراهِ فَاِنطَلِقي

وَقَد سَمِعتِ عَلى الإِكراهِ فَاِنطَلِقي

Not every reproaching woman has my ear;

Not every blamer's ear do I incline to

And you have already heard against your will—so depart.

You have heard my protest, now go away

فَما سَلَوتُ الهَوى جَهلاً بِلَذَّتِهِ

فَما سَلَوتُ الهَوى جَهلاً بِلَذَّتِهِ

وَلا عَصَيتُ إِلَهَ الحِلمِ عَن خَرَقِ

وَلا عَصَيتُ إِلَهَ الحِلمِ عَن خَرَقِ

For I did not forsake love out of ignorance of its delight,

Neither through ignorance did I indulge desire

Nor did I defy the god of reason out of rashness.

Nor disobey the God of forbearance through impudence