قد علمنا بأنّ قولك زور

قد علمنا بأنّ قولك زور

واليمين التي حلفت غرور

واليمين التي حلفت غرور

We have learned that your words are false,

We know your words are all lies

And the oath you swore is deceit.

And the oaths you swore were but guile

ليت شعري بمن تبدّلت بعدي

ليت شعري بمن تبدّلت بعدي

مثله كنت ثم مثلي يصير

مثله كنت ثم مثلي يصير

Would that I knew whom you took in my place—

I wonder who came after me

I was like him; then he will become like me.

You were the same, and he like me became

ما أراه أغراك بالهجر إلا

ما أراه أغراك بالهجر إلا

طول صبري وأنّني مستورُ

طول صبري وأنّني مستورُ

Nothing, I think, emboldened you to abandon me except

I see naught made you shun me but

My long patience and the fact that I am discreet.

My patience long and my feelings veiled