1. I promised my kiss to one who reproached me,
When his blame occupied my lips.
١. أَسْلَفْتُ تَقْبِيلي لسالِفتيهِ
إِذ عَتْبُه لي شاغِلٌ شفتيْهِ
2. He thought I was sated with water,
Yet I was thirstier than I'd been for him.
٢. ويظن أَنِّي قد رَويت من الظما
وأَكونُ أَظْمى مَا أَكُون إِليْهِ
3. He thought me cruel from my intense embrace,
Yet I was more tender than I'd been with him.
٣. ويظنني من فَرْطِ ضَمِّي قاسِياً
وأَكونُ أَحْنى ما أَكونُ عليه
4. Oh, if only I knew, for the one hurt by his acts,
Who guided his eyes to my eyes!
٤. يا ليت شِعْري للمُصَابِ بِفِعْلِه
مَنْ دَلَّ عَيْنيْه على عَيْنيْهِ