إِذا الفَتى مَرَّةً كَساني

إِذا الفَتى مَرَّةً كَساني

مِنهُ هَناءً إِلى مَكانِ

مِنهُ هَناءً إِلى مَكانِ

If the young man once clothes me

When a youth once passed by me

with happiness from him, to a place,

With a greeting to a place, I thanked him

خَلَعتُ مِنّي عَلَيهِ شُكراً

خَلَعتُ مِنّي عَلَيهِ شُكراً

حاشيتاهُ رَقيقَتانِ

حاشيتاهُ رَقيقَتانِ

I bestow my gratitude upon him like a robe

My bracelets slipped from me to him.

whose two borders are delicate.

If he is harsh to me without a crime,

فَإِن جَفاني لِغَيرِ جُرمِ

فَإِن جَفاني لِغَيرِ جُرمِ

جَفوَتَهُ مِثلَ ما جَفاني

جَفوَتَهُ مِثلَ ما جَفاني

But if he shuns me for no offense,

I will be as harsh to him as he was.

I shun him just as he shunned me.

I will guard it as long as I guard

أَحفَظُهُ ما وَجَدتُ حِفظاً

أَحفَظُهُ ما وَجَدتُ حِفظاً

مِنهُ وَأَرميهِ إِن رَماني

مِنهُ وَأَرميهِ إِن رَماني

I protect him as long as I find protection

Anything of him and fling it if he flings at me.

from him, and I pelt him if he pelts me.