تَفديكُمُ نَفْسٌ بِكُمْ صَبّه

ليس لها في غيرِكُمْ رَغْبَه

A soul redeems you with itself, its passion is for you alone

It has no desire in others but you

يا سادةً درَّبّني عِشْقُهُمْ

ولم يَكُنْ بالِعشْقِ لي دربَه

O masters, their love has trained me

And I had no experience in love before

بأيِّ شيءٍ أتَلا فاكُمُ

إلى الرِّضى منْ هذهِ الغَضْبَه

With what can I get close to you

To satisfaction from this anger

حاشاكُمُ أنْ تَنْقُضوا مَوْثقي

وبيتنا مِن زَمَن صًحْبَه

Far be it from you to break our pact

And our companionship which is from old times

كُلُّ حسابٍ كانَ في خاطِري

وهَجْركُمْ ما كانَ في الحَسْبَه

Every reckoning I had in my thoughts

And your estrangement was not in the calculations

باللهِ زوروني وَلَو في الكرى

وَفَرِّجوا عنيَ ذي الكُريَه

By Allah, visit me even if briefly

And relieve me of my distress

أو فَعِدوني مَوْعِداً باللقا

بِلَفْظَةٍ لو أَنّها كِذْبَه

Or make a promise of meeting me again

With a word even if it’s a lie

وَجَرِّبوني وافرضوا أَنَّني

يا سادَتي في يَدِكِمْ خَضْبَه

And test me, suppose that I, my masters

Am in your hands like henna

أَنتُمْ نَسيمُ الأنس إن تُمسكوا

عَنّي زَماناً فَلَكُمْ هَبّه

You are the breeze of intimacy, if you refrain

From me for a while, you have my gift