أنت أنت التي سرت في عروقي

منك يوم اللقاء خمر جمالك

You—you are the one: through my veins there coursed

From you, on the day we met, the wine of your beauty.

نظرة منك قد أسرت بها القلـ

ـب فهانت له صعاب وصالك

A glance from you—with it you captured the heart,

And the hardships of union with you became easy for it.

نظرة منك ألقت الرعب فيه

رعب حب يقوده للمهالك

A glance from you cast terror into it:

The terror of a love that leads it to ruin.

وابتسام من فيك يشرق بالسعـ

ـد لقلب صبا وعذب مقالك

And a smile from your mouth, shining with happiness

For a heart that yearned, and the sweetness of your speech—

ليس هذا الا طلاء تولى

مسحه للعيون طول ملالك

This is nothing but a veneer, which

Your prolonged weariness has wiped away for all to see.

عرفتك القلوب بالجود لكن

لم أنل منك غير نار مطالك

Hearts knew you for your generosity, but

I received from you only the fire of your delays.

ما صفا قلبك الخلى ولكن

قلبي الواله السقيم صغا لك

Your carefree heart was not sincere, yet

My love-stricken, ailing heart inclined toward you.

أنت أظهرت لي الوفاء وإني

لم أجد فيك ما يعزز ذلك

You showed me fidelity, and I

Found nothing in you to confirm it.

فانزعى عنك ذا القناع ليبدو

لبنى الحب ما خفى من فعالك

So take this mask off yourself, that there may be revealed

To love’s children what was hidden of your deeds.

حاربتني منك الخيانة والغد

ر لعمرى إني صريع نزالك

Your betrayal and treachery waged war on me;

By my life, I am felled in combat with you.

غير أني عقدت الوية النصـ

ـر فكأن الهجران يوم قتالك

Yet I have raised the banners of victory,

So it is as though estrangement were the day of battle with you.

شيمتي العفو للذي خان عهدى

وكثير من حالهم مثل حالك

My nature is to pardon whoever betrayed my covenant,

And many are those whose state is like yours.