1. My fair one, once your affection was permitted
Those nights your abandonment was yet grief
١. أَصَفراءُ كانَ الوُدُّ مِنكِ مُباحا
لَيالِيَ كانَ الهَجرُ مِنكِ قِراحا
2. And the neighborhood, when you lived in it
Was miserable, but when you left it, became pleasant
٢. وَكانَ جَواري الحَيِّ إِذ كُنتِ فيهِمُ
قِباحاً فَلَمّا غِبتِ صِرنَ مِلاحا