يا غَزالاً خَلَعتُ فيهِ العِذارا

يا غَزالاً خَلَعتُ فيهِ العِذارا

كُنتَ لي جَنَّةً فَأَصبَحتَ نارا

كُنتَ لي جَنَّةً فَأَصبَحتَ نارا

O gazelle, for whose sake I cast off the bridle,

O gazelle, for whom I cast off inhibition

You were a paradise to me, then became a fire.

You were paradise, now fire of perdition

عادَ فيما رَجَمتُهُ مِنكَ ظَنّي

عادَ فيما رَجَمتُهُ مِنكَ ظَنّي

خائِباً وَالجَوادُ يَلقى العِثارا

خائِباً وَالجَوادُ يَلقى العِثارا

My expectation, in what I conjectured of you, returned

My doubts about you now stand confuted

Disappointed—and even the noble steed stumbles.

Nobility itself meets sometimes defeat

فَفَعَلتُ الَّذي فَعَلتُ اِضطِراراً

فَفَعَلتُ الَّذي فَعَلتُ اِضطِراراً

إِذا فَعَلتَ الَّذي فَعَلتَ اِختِيارا

إِذا فَعَلتَ الَّذي فَعَلتَ اِختِيارا

So I did what I did under compulsion,

What I have done, I did by compulsion

When you did what you did by choice.

When you did what you did, that was free volition