حَبيبٌ لَيْسَ يَنْصِفُنِي

وَمَوْلىً لَيْسَ يَرْحَمُنِي

A beloved who does not do me justice

And a master who does not have mercy on me

أَمُرُّ بِهِ فَيُبْعِدُنِي

وَأُنْصِفُهُ فَيَظْلِمُنِي

I go to him yet he distances me

And I am just to him yet he wrongs me

وَلِي أَمَلٌ يَلُوذُ بِهِ

يُعَنِّينِي وَيُطْمِعُنِي

And I have a hope that takes refuge in him

That gives me solace and makes me covet

يَضِنُّ بِوَعْدِهِ فإِذا

أجابَ إلَيْهِ أَخْلَفَنِي

He is stingy with his promise so when

I answer his call, he disappoints me

أَما تَرْثِي لِمُكْتَئِبٍ

أسِيرٍ فِي يَدِ الْحَزَنِ

Will you not eulogize one who is depressed

A captive in the hands of grief