1. اِسمَعي يا مَن لَقَد خُنتِ عَهدَ الهَوى

    وَنَسيتِ أَو تَناسَيتِ الوِدادا

    Listen, O you who have betrayed love's pledge,

    And forgotten affection, or pretended to forget it.

  2. إِنَّ قَلباً بِالجَوى أَحرَقتِهِ

    سَوفَ أَذروهُ بِعَينَيكِ رَمادا

    Indeed, a heart you burned with love's anguish—

    I shall scatter it as ashes into your eyes.

  3. وَخُضوعاً كانَ بي فيما مَضى

    سَيَصيرُ الآنَ كِبراً وَعِنادا

    And the submission that once dwelt in me

    Will now become pride and defiance.

  4. وَإِذا حَنَّ فُؤادي لِلِّقا

    فَسأَجتَثُّ مِنَ الصِدرِ الفُؤادا

    And if my heart yearns for reunion,

    Then I shall tear the heart out of my breast.

  5. اِسمَعي لا تَذكُري الماضي فَلا

    رَجعَ الماضي وَلا البارِحُ عادا

    Listen: do not mention the past, for neither

    Has the past returned nor has yesterday come back.

  6. وَدَعي لا تَقرَئي مِن صَفحَةٍ

    قَد جَعَلنا أَبيَضَ الماضي سَوادا

    And let it be; do not read from a page—

    We have turned the past's whiteness to blackness.

  7. لا الأَزاهيرُ تَبَسَّمنَ لَنا

    وَتَشادَينَ وَلا المَيّادُ عادا

    The flowers did not smile upon us

    Or sing to one another, nor did the swaying one return.

  8. وَطُيورُ الرَوضِ لا غَنَّت وَلا

    سَتَرَ اللَيلُ عَلَينا حينَ سادا

    And the garden's birds did not sing, nor

    Did night veil us when it reigned.

  9. لا تَعانَقنا غَراماً مَرَّةً

    وَتَراشَفنا مِنَ الريقِ الشُهادا

    Never did we once embrace in love

    Or sip the honey of each other's saliva.

  10. اِغضُضي أَو صَعِّري خَدَّكِ لي

    وَخُذي غَيري عُشاقاً جُدادا

    Lower your gaze, or turn your cheek from me in scorn,

    And take new lovers other than me.

  11. وَاِهجُريني وَاِبعِدي عَنّي فَلا

    أَرهَبُ الهَجرَ وَلا أَخشى البِعادا

    And abandon me, and keep away from me, for I do not

    Fear abandonment, nor do I dread separation.

  12. وَتَناسي كَيفَ شِدنا عُشَّنَا

    قَد هَدَمنا ما بَني الحُبُّ وَشادا

    And pretend to forget how we built our nest;

    We have demolished what love built and raised.

  13. وَسَأَنساكِ وَلا أَترُكُ في

    ذِكرِياتي لَكِ ذِكراً مُستَعادا

    And I shall forget you, and shall not leave in

    My memories any remembrance of you to be revived.