1. You left my heart while being ungenerous
With that which the generous and kind do not withhold
١. وحَلَلْتِ من قلبي وأنتِ بخيلةٌ
ما لا يحلُّ به الجَوادُ المحسنُ
2. And settled with one whose every neighbor
Yearns for you, obsessed beyond console
٢. وسكنتِ ممّن كلُّ جاريةٍ له
شوقاً إليكِ وصَبْوَةً لا تسكنُ
3. You captured me though free I stand; for long
Love has captured and killed the sane and cold
٣. وَأَسَرتِني وأنا الطّليقُ وطالما
أسَرَ الهوى وقَتَلْتِ مَنْ لا يُفتَنُ
4. You wished to hide this love, so hide it I did
Though tears expose what I conceal and hold
٤. وأردتِ كتمانَ الهوى فكتَمْتُهُ
والدّمعُ يُبدي ما أُسرُّ وأُعلِنُ
5. In plaints you bound a single tongue, and yet
Were you not mine, a thousand would bemoan
٥. وحَبَسْتِ في الشّكوى لساناً واحداً
لو لم تكنْ لِي بالشّكايةِ ألْسُنُ