قسماً باللوح والقلم
مالكي افتى بسفك دمي
I swear by the tablet and the pen
My angel gave judgment to shed my blood
جلّ من في الحسن صوّره
فتنة للعُرب والعجم
He who is most handsome in appearance
Temptation for both Arabs and non-Arabs
وغرير ضوء غرَّته
قد حكاها البدر في الظلم
And the reflection of a light that has deceived him
The full moon told of it in the darkness
فانعطف يوماً لمرتقبٍ
كاد أن يقضي من الالم
So one day he turned to the awaited one
He almost ended the pain
قصرت عن وكف ادمعه
معصرات المزن والديم
His tears were insufficient to express the crushing sorrows
The presses of grapes and blood
يشتكي من ودّ ذي غنج
ودُّه كالظل لم يدم
He complains of the love of the one with gentle voice
His love is like a fleeting shadow
فتكت فينا لواحظه
فتكات الصارم الخذم
So her glances murdered us
The murderous blows of a sharp sword
افهل يدري غداة نأي
اودع الاحشاء في ضرم
Does he know the next morning when I move away
I entrusted my inner self in agony
سلبَ الارواح راحتها
رشأٌ في راحتيه دمي
Depriving the souls of their comfort
My blood spilt into his comfort
كنتُ ثبت الجاش ذا همم
لم يدع لي البين من همم
I was one of strong determination
Worry left me no determination
ناعس الاجفان صل دنفاً
ساهر الاجفان لم ينم
With tired eyelids, he prayed humbly
With sleepless eyelids, he did not sleep
صل معنَّى القلب مكتئباً
زدته سقما على سقم
The core of my heart prayed depressed
Increasing its illnesses upon illnesses
كيف يصغي العذل ذو أرق
قلقٌ اذناه في صمم
How can the sleepless lover listen
His ears blocked in deafness
يالقومي من لمحتكمٍ
جائر في الحكم من قدم
Oh my people, from the injustice
Of one unfair in his rule from the beginning
رب ذي قرن يلوم فتى
واذا ما لام لم يلم
One with horns blames a young man
And if he blames, he is not blamed
ان يشم من مغرم طمعا
شابتا قرناه في اللمم
If he smells greed from a lover
His horns whiten in covetousness
وبنفسي افتدي عرباً
نزلوا اكناف ذي سلم
And I ransom Arabs with my soul
Who descended under peaceful protection
هب نأوا عن ناظري فلكم
ضربوا في القلب من خيم
Go away from my sight for you
Have struck at the heart from the tents
ليَ قلب ظلّ اثرهم
بين تلك الكثب والاكم
For me is a heart imprinted with their traces
Among those hills and sorrows
حكم الباري بفرقتنا
ولكم الله من حكم
The judgment of God dictated our separation
And for you is God’s judgment
