1. صَدَدتَ فَصَدَّ عَن عَيني رِقادي

    وَقَرَّحَ جَفنَها وَصلُ السُهادِ

    You turned away, so sleep fled from my eye,

    And the company of sleeplessness made its eyelid sore.

  2. وَأَلبَسي جَفاكَ ثِيابَ سَقمٍ

    خَلَعتُ بِها الخَلاعَةَ عَن فُؤادي

    And your estrangement clothed me in garments of sickness,

    Through which I stripped wantonness from my heart.

  3. وَقَد رَوّى الثَرى دَمعي وَقَلبي

    إِلى وَشَلِ المَراشِفِ مِنكَ صادي

    My tears have indeed drenched the earth, yet my heart

    Thirsts for the scant moisture of your lips.

  4. وَها أَنا بِالجَفا مُذمَلَت مُضنىً

    يُطَوِّحُ بِيَ الهَوى في كُلِّ وادي

    And here I am, wasted by estrangement since you turned away,

    While passion tosses me through every valley.

  5. أُكاتِمُ فيكَ عُذّالي غَارمي

    وَهَل يَخفى ضَنىً في الجِسمِ بادي

    I hide my passion for you from my reproachers,

    Yet can the body's visible wasting be concealed?

  6. وَأَستُرُ لَوعَتي بِكَ عَن صِحابي

    وَأَوصابي عَلَيَّ بِها تُنادي

    And I hide my burning anguish for you from my companions,

    Yet my ailments cry it out against me.

  7. أَيا مَن قَد تَعَبَّدَني هَواهُ

    وَأَوثَقَ في مَحَبَّتِهِ قِيادي

    O you whose love has enslaved me

    And bound my reins fast in love for you:

  8. بِصِدقِ الوُدِّ كُنتَ شَرَيتَ قَلبي

    فَحينَ مَلَكتَ مِلتَ عَنِ الوِدادِ

    With true affection you had bought my heart,

    But once you possessed it, you turned away from love.