1. خَلَوتُم بِأَنَواعِ السُرورِ هَناكُمُ

    وَأَفرَدتُموني لِلصَبابَةِ وَالحَزَن

    You have secluded yourselves with every kind of joy—may it delight you!

    And left me alone to longing and sorrow.

  2. أَتَستَحسِنونَ الهَجرَ نَفسي فِداؤُكُم

    أَلا كُلُّ ما اِستَحسَنتُمُ فَهُوَ الحَسَن

    Do you deem estrangement good? My soul be your ransom!

    Indeed, all that you deem good is good.

  3. أَرى الحُبَّ حَلواً كَاِسمِهِ غَيرَ أَنَّهُ

    مُنَغِّصُ لَذّاتٍ ثَقيلٌ عَلى البَدَن

    I find love sweet, like its name, except that it

    spoils pleasures and weighs heavily on the body.

  4. وَعَذَّبتُموني بِالجَفاءِ وَإِنَّني

    لَراضٍ بِما تَرضَون لي وَهُوَ الغَبَن

    And you have tormented me with coldness, yet I

    am indeed content with what you deem fit for me, though it means being wronged.