للصبر حدود [Lel Sabr Hodood] [English translation]

Don't try to make me patient with promises

And honeyed words and oaths.

For so long I was patient,

On fire, tortured and degraded.

It's a mistake, and you won't return,

Even if I long for you,

And if I yearn for you...

But patience has its limits, my dear.

Love made me very patient,

And you wandered many a time in my heart.

I was content with your oppression,

But that was all an effect.

And the sorrow of being close

Showed me that distance was easier to bear.

And I realized while I loved you

That I finished my patience with you.

And I live with my hope,

Even if I lost years in your love.

It's a mistake, and you won't return.

More than once I reproached you,

And I gave you time to think

My heart was big and forgave you,

But your treachery was greater,

Greater than the goodness of my heart,

Greater than the extent of my patience,

Greater than the strength of my love

With the precious past.

And I realized while I loved you

That I finished my patience with you.

And I live with my hope,

Even if I lost years in your love.

It's a mistake, and you won't return.

Don't try to make me patient, that's it!

I've had enough.

Your (lack of) loyalty is apparent to me,

While I sacrifice no matter how cruel you were.

There is no love in this world

That lives like this on delusion;

True love never, ever needs mere talk.

And I realized while I loved you

That I finished my patience with you.

And I live with my hope,

Even if I lost years in your love.

Even if I long for you,

and if I yearn for you...

But patience has its limits, my dear.

• Artist:Oum Kalthoum
• Album:Lel Sabr Hodood (للصّبر حدود )