أَوجَعَ القَلبَ قَولُها حِينَ راحُوا

لي تَقَدَّم إِلى المَبيتِ هُدِيتا

Her words when they left pained my heart

As she came to me, a gift for the night’s stay

هَل يَضُرَّنَّكَ المَسيرُ لَئِن سِر

تَ قَريباً وَإِن بَلَغتَ المَبيتا

Will the journey hurt you, even if you go

A short while, even if you reach the hostelry

قُلتُ إِنّي أَخشى عَلَيكِ عُيوُناً

من عِداةٍ وَذا شَذاةٍ مَقِيتا

I said I fear for you the eyes

Of enemies and those with hate so vile

ثُمَّ قالَت قَد كُنتُ آذَنتُ أَهلي

قَبلَ هَذا عَلى الَّذي قَد هَوِيتا

Then she said I had told my family

Before this of what I desired

ما سَلِيمنا إِلَيكَ مُنذُ اِصطَحَبنا

في الَّذي تَشتَهي وَما إِن عُصِيتا

We have not been safe with you since we accompanied

You in what you crave, and we did not disobey