يا كَثيرَ الصُدودِ وَالإِعراضِ

أَنا راضٍ بِما بِهِ أَنتَ راضِ

O you who often spurns and turns away

I'm content with how you are, come what may

هاتِ بِاللهِ يا حَبيبي قُل لي

أَينَ ذاكَ الرِضا وَأَينَ التَغاضي

Please my love, tell me in God's name

Where is that acceptance, where is that ease

وَبِمَن في الأَنامِ تَعتاضُ عَمَّن

عَنكَ وَاللَهِ لَيسَ بِالمُعتاضِ

And who of all people makes you displeased

With me? By God, none takes such offense!

سارَ لِيَ فيكَ شُهرَةٌ وَحَديثٌ

مُستَفيضٌ مِن مَدمَعٍ فَيّاضِ

For you I gained fame and much talk

Flowing from a tearful eye's welling stalk

وَفُؤادٌ أَضحى بِغَيرِ اِصطِبارٍ

وَجُفونٌ أَمسَت بِغَيرِ اِغتِماضِ

And a heart that lost all patience and calm

Eyelids that ceased their collected charm

إِنَّ لي حاجَةً إِلَيكَ وَإِنّي

في حَياءٍ عَن ذِكرِها وَاِنقِباضِ

I have a need, dear, to ask of you

Yet shyly I stay, my lips askew

حاجَةً مُذ أَرَدتُها أَنا في التَع

ريضِ عَنها وَأَنتَ في الإِعراضِ

A need, since I wanted, I in consent

Declined, while you cared not to relent

أَمَلي فيكَ دونَهُ سَيفُ لَحظٍ

ذاكَ مُستَقبَلٌ وَهَذاكَ ماضي

My hope in you a mere glance has rent

That was future, and this is past tense

أَشتَهي أَن أَفوزَ مِنكَ بِوَعدٍ

وَدَعِ العُمرَ يَنقَضي في التَقاضي

I desire your promised word to hence

Let life in wants and needs come to an end

هَذِهِ قِصَّتي وَهَذا حَديثي

وَلَكَ الأَمرُ فَاِقضِ ما أَنتَ قاضي

This my tale, my talk, my attended send

Yours the choice, fulfill what you intend