لمdid not يَبْقَremain ليfor me فيin هَواكُمُlove for you أَربُdesire
لم يَبْقَ لي في هَواكُمُ أَربُ
سَلوتُكُمI have ceased to pine for you والقلوبُand hearts تَنقِلبُchange
سَلوتُكُم والقلوبُ تَنقِلبُ
No desire for loving you remains in me.
I have no desire left for your love,
I have ceased to pine for you, and hearts change.
I bid you farewell though hearts always return.
وضعتُI laid aside عَنّيfrom myself أثقالَburdens حُبّكُمُlove for you
وضعتُ عَنّي أثقالَ حُبّكُمُ
وحَامِلُand the bearer of الحبّlove مُثقَلٌburdened تَعِبُweary
وحَامِلُ الحبّ مُثقَلٌ تَعِبُ
I have laid aside the burdens of loving you.
I have removed from myself the burdens of your love,
And love's bearer is burdened and weary.
The bearer of love is heavily burdened and tired.
وِرْديmy draught قَذَىdregs ودّكُمyour affection وغَضّيَand my closing أجeyelids (first fragment)
وِرْدي قَذَى ودّكُم وغَضّيَ أج
فانِيmy eyelids (continuation) عليهover it منbecause of فِعلِكُمyour conduct عَجَبُa wonder
فانِي عليه من فِعلِكُم عَجَبُ
My draught is the dregs of your affection; and my closing
My flowers are thorns, your affection bitter aloe,
My eyelids over it, given your conduct, is a wonder.
Yet I am still amazed by your actions.
إلامَuntil when دَمعيmy tears منbecause of هَجرِكمyour desertion سَرِبٌstreaming
إلامَ دَمعي من هَجرِكم سَرِبٌ
قَانٍcrimson وقَلبيand my heart منbecause of غَدرِكمyour betrayal يَجِبُpounds
قَانٍ وقَلبي من غَدرِكم يَجِبُ
How long shall my tears stream from your desertion,
Why do tears from your separation still flow,
Crimson, and my heart pound at your betrayal?
While my heart from your betrayal still throbs?
إنif كَانwas هَذاthis لأَنbecause تَعبَّدَنِيenslaved me الthe (article for 'love')
إن كَان هَذا لأَن تَعبَّدَنِي ال
حُبُّlove فَقدthen indeed أعْتَقَتْنيَhas freed me الرّيَبُdoubts
حُبُّ فَقد أعْتَقَتْنيَ الرّيَبُ
If this was because I was enslaved by
If this is because love has enslaved me,
Love, then doubts have set me free.
Then doubts have surely freed me.
أَرَيتُمونِيyou showed me نَهجَpath السُّلُوِّforgetting the beloved وَقَدْand already
أَرَيتُمونِي نَهجَ السُّلُوِّ وَقَدْ
كانَتْhad been بِيَwith me الطّرْقُthe roads عَنهُaway from it تَنْشَعِبُbranching off
كانَتْ بِيَ الطّرْقُ عَنهُ تَنْشَعِبُ
You showed me the path to forgetting, though
You saw me take the path of passion, though
The roads had been branching off, taking me away from it.
The roads away from it were manifold.
أحببْتكُمُI loved you فَوقbeyond ماwhat توهّمَهimagined it النْthe (article for 'people')
أحببْتكُمُ فَوق ما توهّمَه النْ
نَاسُpeople وخُنْتُمand you betrayed أضْعافَmany times as much as مَاwhat حَسِبُواthey reckoned
نَاسُ وخُنْتُم أضْعافَ مَا حَسِبُوا
I loved you beyond what was imagined by
I loved you beyond what people imagined,
People, and your betrayal was many times greater than they reckoned.
And you betrayed far more than they guessed.