أَلَم تَكُ لَو حَفِظتَ الوُدَّ مِنّي

أَلَم تَكُ لَو حَفِظتَ الوُدَّ مِنّي

كَما بَينَ المَحاجِرِ وَالحِجاجِ

كَما بَينَ المَحاجِرِ وَالحِجاجِ

Would you not have been, had you preserved my affection,

Had you kept the affection from me

as close as the eye sockets and their bony rims?

As between the pebbles and stones

فَحُلتَ عَنِ الصَفاءِ وَخُنتَ عَهدي

فَحُلتَ عَنِ الصَفاءِ وَخُنتَ عَهدي

بِلا سَبَبٍ كَذي الضِغنِ المُداجي

بِلا سَبَبٍ كَذي الضِغنِ المُداجي

Yet you turned from sincerity and betrayed my covenant,

You would have attained purity and betrayed my covenant

without cause, like one who bears a grudge but feigns friendship.

Without cause like hostile grudges