حسن الوَفاء وَصدق الود قَد صرعا

وَاستَوحشا بِفياني الغَدرِ وَاِنصَدَعا

The goodness of loyalty and the truth of love are stricken down

And find desolation through my betrayal and perfidy.

كِلاهُما مِن سِقام لا مساس لَهُ

حُزنا عَلى الحَقِّ وَالاِنصافِ مُذ رَفَعا

Both suffer from an illness beyond remedy -

Grief for what is right and just since they were cast aside.

وَقَد رَأَيت الشَفا بِالصَبرِ مُمتَزِجا

وَالصَبرُ اِحمد ما اِجدى وَما نَفَعا

Yet I see that healing lies in patience,

And patience, best of all I try, is fruitless.

فَاِستَعمِل الصَبرَ اِنَّ الصبر موقعه

من القُلوبِ جَميل أَينَما وَقَعا

So make use of patience, for patience falls

Gently on hearts wherever patience lands.

يا سادَة خلفوني بَعد فرقتهِم

اِهفو اِلى كل داعِ بِالغَرامِ دَعا

O masters, left behind when we were parted,

Answer the call of one who loves with longing.

قَد ضَرَّني البُعد عَن مِرآة طلعتِكُم

وَقطع القُلوبِ منى صدكم قَطعا

Remote from the radiance of your faces, I'm hurt,

And your disdain has severed my heart with a cut.