إِلى عَدلِكُم أُنهي حَديثي وَأَنتَهي

فَجودوا بِإِقبالٍ عَلَيَّ وَإِصغاءِ

To your justice I end my words and stop

So be kindly disposed to me and listen

عَتَبتُكُمُ عَتبَ المُحِبِّ حَبيبَهُ

وَقُلتُ بِإِذلالٍ فَقولوا بِإِصفاءِ

I reproached you with the reproach of a lover to his beloved

And I spoke with humility, so speak genuinely

لَعَلَّكُمُ قَد صَدَّكُم عَن زِيارَتي

مَخافَةُ أَمواهٍ لِدَمعي وَأَنواءِ

Perhaps you were kept from visiting me

Fearing the tears and sighs from my eyes

فَلَو صَدَقَ الحُبُّ الَّذي تَدَّعونَهُ

وَأَخلَصتُمُ فيهِ مَشَيتُم عَلى الماءِ

If the love you claim were true

And you were sincere in it, you would walk on water

وَإِن تَكُ أَنفاسي خَشيتُم لَهيبَها

وَهالَتكُمُ نَيرانُ وَجدٍ بِأَحشائي

And if you feared the flames of my breath

And the fires of passion within me alarmed you

فَكونوا رِفاعِيِّينَ في الحُبِّ مَرَّةً

وَخوضوا لَظى نارٍ لِشَوقِيَ حَرّاءِ

Then be like al-Rifa’i in love once

And plunge into the flames of my burning passion

حُرِمتُ رِضاكُم إِن رَضيتُ بِغَيرِكُم

أَوِ اِعتَضتُ عَنكُم في الجِنانِ بِحَوراءِ

I am forbidden your approval if I am content without you

Or I am distracted from you in the gardens by a houri