قَلب يَفرُط الشَوق مُنفَطِر أَليم

يَهدي تَحيته أَرق من النَسيم

A heart overflowing with yearning, painfully breaking

Sending its greeting gentler than a breeze

وَبشف عن وجد كَما يَرضى الهَوى

وَيبين عن حب وَعن وُد سلم

Revealing its passion as love desires

And its affection and friendship as peace

نَقض الاِحِبَّةِ عَهدَهُم مَع اِنَّهُ

أَبدا عَلى عَهدي الهَوى العَذري مُقيم

They broke their vow of love, though forever

My love remains faithful, steadfastly keeping its promise

قَسما بِتَعذيبِ الغَرامِ وَاِنَّهُ

قَسم وَلَو لَم يَعلَم اللاحي عَظيم

I swear by the torment of passion, though the critic knows not

A great oath, even if the ignorant does not understand

ما ماتَ عَن عَهدِ المَحَبَّةِ لَحظَة

لَست اِمرأ يَصغى لِهماز نَميم

My love has not died for an instant

I am no man who listens to gossip's venom

وَلِذاكَ وَجهت العِتاب وَاِنَّما

شَأن الحَميم يَعتابُ الخدن الحَميم

That's why I reproach, as it's the way of the intimate

The close confidant reproaches the close confidant

ما كنت آمل في غَرامِكَ ما أَرى

أَنَّ الزَمانَ بكل صَديق زَنيم

I did not hope for what I see in your love

That time betrays every friend

وَظننت صدقك في دَعاويكَ الَّتي

سَلَفت وَبَعض الظن مُنحَرف أَثيم

I thought you true in your claims already made

Some suspicion goes astray, wrongful and sinful

وَالمَرءُ يَقبح مِنهُ خَلف وَعودِه

لا سيم اِن كانَ مِن أَصل كَريم

A man looks ugly breaking his word

Especially if he comes from noble origin

وَلَهُ المَفاخِرَ اِن سَرَت أَفعالَه

في نَهجِها نَحو الصِراط المُستَقيم

He has pride if his actions follow

The straight path in their course