لاَ تَعْجَبُوا إِنْ خانَهُ صَبْرُهُ

قَدْ طالَ في أَسْرِ الهَوى أَسْرُهُ

Do not be surprised if his patience betrays him

He has long been a prisoner of love's bondage

ما عُذْرُ مَنْ فارَقَهُ إِلْفُهُ

ما عُذُرُهُ في الصَّبْرِ ما عُذْرُهُ

No excuse for one whom intimacy abandons

No excuse for him, none can be offered

قَدْ كَتَبَ الدَّمْعُ عَلى خَدِّهِ

عُنْوانَ ما يُضْمِرُهُ سِرُّهُ

Tears have inscribed upon his cheek

The title of what his secret hides

فَدَمْعُهُ مُطَّرِدٌ ماؤُهُ

وقلبُهُ مُتَّقِدٌ جَمْرُهُ

His tears pour down in streams

His heart, a burning ember