ليتَني لَمْ أَكُنْ لعَطْفِكِ نِلْتُ

وإلى ذلكَ الوِصَالِ وصلتُ

If only I had never attained your kindness

And reached that union

فالذي مِنِّي اشْتَمَلْتِ عليهِ

أَلِعَارٍ ما قَدْ عليهِ اشْتَمَلْتُ

For what you have blamed me for

Is but shame I have brought upon myself

قالَ ذُو الجَهْلِ قَدْ حَلُمْتَ ولا أَعْ

لَمُ أَنِّي حَلُمْتُ حتى جَهِلتُ

The ignorant said I have become wise but I do not know

That I had become wise until I was ignorant

لائمٌ لي بجهلِهِ ولماذا

أنا وَحْدِي أَحْبَبْتُ ثُمَّ قَتَلْتُ

He blames me for my ignorance but why

Did I alone love then kill

سَوْفَ آسى طولَ الحياةِ وأبكي

كِ على ما فَعَلْتِ لا ما فَعَلْتُ

I will grieve my whole life and cry over

What you have done, not what I have done