1. We are, by God, confused by your fickleness, O Jarjan,
My soul is in great perplexity and distress.
١. نَحنُ وَاللَهِ من هَوائِكَ يا جر
جانُ في حيرَةٍ وَأَمرٍ شَديدِ
2. Its heat boils the hides; then if a north wind blows,
It is troubled by stillness and gloom.
٢. حرُّها يَنضج الجُلود فَإِن هَب
بَت شَمال تكدَّرَت بِركودِ
3. Like a hypocritical lover who, whenever resolved
To unite, is deterred by aloofness.
٣. كَحَبيبٍ منافِقٍ كُلَّما هَم
مَ بِوَصلٍ أَحالَهُ بِصُدودِ