1. What was my sin, O dearest of all
That you replaced my intimacy with estrangement

2. While I justify my gaze towards you with a meeting
You have unsheathed the sword of despair with separation

3. I did not expect to see a heart of steel
In a body made of diamond

4. You forgot our covenant and days gone by
That were like weddings in the lifetime of eternity

5. You were my hope and delight of my eyes
You were my torch in the wings of night

6. You were the pillar of my youth and my worship
You were the most sacred of sanctuaries to me

7. My star in you was above Jupiter
O flower that has dazzled people's minds

8. You were the joy of my life and the blessing of
My world, the comfort of my soul and my breath

9. My good fortunes were connected
When I would lean my head on your chest

10. And hold your waist with my right hand and with my
Left while intoxicated and while I lost my senses

11. With my heart throbbing and my eyes fixed on you
And happiness beyond all measuring

12. If you have forgotten all this
Then by your right I was not forgetful

13. Why then did you requite affection with estrangement
And replace my smiles with frowns

14. And make my fortune as black as Layla's night
And mix the sweetness of life with anxiety

15. Did you reckon that I was not a worshipper of yours
So you cast me away as an infidel and godless

16. And denied the sanctity of our covenant and abandoned the realm of our love
And broke my bells

17. And left me a target for the taunts of enemies
Woe to me from the envious and the guards

18. And after your gentleness you embarrassed me with this estrangement
In the presence of the assembly

19. If the priest gave you a fatwa about me
Then the bishop of love is my deacon

20. So no harm from one who makes lawful to you estrangement
About the secret of his repentance with the mass

21. For he has stirred my nightingales with his arts
Regarding what has passed and extracted the spirit of my slumber

22. Was it not but the true religion of our faith
Is there any flaw in satisfying a lover

23. So by the right of what is between me and you in passion
Do not listen to the insinuations of the ignoble

24. And remember those covenants, for I
Am the most loyal lover who stood among people

25. And you are what I seek in this world
Even if you have burnt my heart with cruel estrangement