1. خانوا وإني على العهد الذي عهدوا

    يا ليتهم وجدوا بعضَ الذي أجِدُ

    They betrayed, while I remain true to the pledge they made.

    Oh, if only they felt some of what I feel!

  2. ما كان أسرع ما خانوا وما نكثوا

    عن الوفاء ولم يوفوا بما وعدوا

    How swift was their betrayal and their turning away

    From faithfulness—and they did not fulfill what they promised!

  3. أبالخيانةِ جازوني وقد علموا

    أني لقيتُ الذي لم يلقه أحدُ

    Was it with betrayal that they repaid me, though they knew

    That I had endured what no one else had endured?

  4. لهفي عليهم فإني من تذكُّرهم

    ما تنقضي حسرتي أو ينقضي الأبدُ

    How I ache for them! For when I remember them,

    My sorrow will not end until eternity ends.

  5. تمكَّن الوجد من قلبي ومن كبدي

    فليس لي معه قلب ولا كبدُ

    Yearning has taken hold of my heart and my liver,

    So with it I have neither heart nor liver left.

  6. من ذا يسدُّ طريق الحزن عن كلِفٍ

    طرائقُ الشوق في أحشائه تقدُ

    Who can bar sorrow's path to a lovesick man

    In whose entrails the paths of longing blaze?

  7. كأنَّ قلبي أسيرٌ قد أحاط به

    جيش من الكرب لا يحصى له عَدَدُ

    My heart is like a captive, surrounded

    By an army of anguish whose numbers cannot be counted.

  8. سلَّ الغرام سيوف الموت يبرقها

    على الحياة فعزَّ الصبر والجَلَدُ

    Passion drew death's swords, making them flash

    Against life, so patience and fortitude grew hard to muster.

  9. تُغشي على القلب ذكراكم إذا خطرت

    بالقلب مما على قلبي لكم يردُ

    Your memory makes the heart swoon whenever it passes

    Through the heart, because of what comes upon my heart on your account.

  10. كأنما الدهر أغرى بيننا حسداً

    ونعمةُ اللَه مقرونٌ بها الحسدُ

    It is as though Time set us against each other out of envy,

    And God's blessing is attended by envy.

  11. اللَه يحكم ما بيني وبينكُمُ

    بكم شقيتُ وأعدائي بكم سعدوا

    God will judge what lies between me and you.

    Because of you I was wretched, and because of you my enemies were happy.