أَقُولُ لَمّا اِلتَقَينا وَهِيَ مُعرِضَةٌ

لِيَهنِكِ اليَومَ مَن تُدنينَ مِن دُوني

I say, when we met and you turned away

To scorn me today for those you approach other than me

إِنّي سَأَمنَحُكِ الهِجرانَ مُعتَزِلاً

مِن غَيرِ بُغضٍ لَعَلَّ الهَجرَ يُسلِيني

I will grant you distance, withdrawing

Without hatred, perhaps separation will console me

قَد كُنتِ جاوَرتِنا وَالدارُ جامِعَةٌ

سَقياً وَرَعياً لِذاكَ الدِينِ مِن دِينِ

You were our neighbor while the house gathered

Both waterer and shepherd for that religion from religion

مَنَّيتِنا فَرَحاً إِن كُنتِ صادِقَةً

يا حَبَّ نَفسٍ أَحَقّاً ما تُمَنِّيني

You wished us joy if you were truthful

O love of self, is that what you wish me?

أَو تَجعَلِي نُطفَةً في الصَحنِ بارِدَةً

فَتَجعَلي فاكِ فيها ثُمَّ تَسقِيني

Or will you make me into a cold seed in a dish

So make me dissolved in it, then water me

ماذا عَلَيكِ وَقَد أَهدَيتِ لِي سَقَماً

وَغابَ زَوجُكِ يَوماً أَن تَعُودِيني

What is it to you, when you've given me illness

And your husband was absent a day, that you return to me