لَقَد قالَ لي عاذِلي دَع هَواهُ

لَقَد قالَ لي عاذِلي دَع هَواهُ

فَلَستَ القويَّ عَلى حَملِ صَدِّهْ

فَلَستَ القويَّ عَلى حَملِ صَدِّهْ

Indeed, my reproacher told me: Give up loving him,

for you are not strong enough to bear his rejection.

فَكَم مِن مُحبٍّ لَقَد شِمتهُ مِن

فَكَم مِن مُحبٍّ لَقَد شِمتهُ مِن

وِدادٍ رَمى رَأسهُ خَلف قدِّهْ

وِدادٍ رَمى رَأسهُ خَلف قدِّهْ

For many a lover have I seen who, out of

affection, cast his head behind his form.