1. لَمّا تَمادى عَلى بِعادي

    وَاِشمَتِ الصَحبَ وَالأَعادي

    When he persisted in shunning me,

    and made friends and foes gloat,

  2. وَشَردُ النَومِ مِن عُيوني

    وَاِضرِمِ النارَ في فُؤادي

    and drove sleep from my eyes,

    and kindled fire in my heart,

  3. وَلَم أَجِد مِن هَواهُ بَدا

    وَالوَجدُ مازالَ في اِزدِيادِ

    and I found no escape from loving him,

    while longing kept increasing,

  4. فَلا سَبيلاً إِلى خَلاصي

    وَلا مَعيناً عَلى السُهّادِ

    with no path to my deliverance

    and no helper against sleeplessness,

  5. حَمَلتُ نَفسي عَلى وُقوفي

    بِالقُربِ مِن دارِهِ أُنادي

    I forced myself to stand

    near his house, calling out.

  6. وَمِن جَوايَ حَمَلتُ قَهرا

    بِبابِهِ حَملَةَ الجَوادِ

    And my anguish drove me to charge

    at his door like a charging steed.

  7. فَطارَ مِن بَعضِ نارِ قَلبي

    وَقَد تَنَهَّدتُ كَاِعتِيادي

    So from some of my heart's fire there flew—

    as I had sighed in my usual way—

  8. جُزءٌ عَلى الدارِ مِن شَواظِ

    أَقُل في الوَصفِ مِن زِنادِ

    onto the house a fragment of smokeless flame,

    smaller, to describe it, than a fire-striker.

  9. فَأَحرَقَ البابَ دونَ عِلمي

    بِغَيرِ قَصدٍ وَلا اِرتِيادي

    It burned the door without my knowing,

    without intent or any design of mine.

  10. فَهَل مِنَ العَدلِ أَن أُجازي

    وَلَم يَكُن ذاكَ مِن مُرادي

    Is it just, then, that I be punished,

    when that was not my intention?