عدَّ شَوقي إليهِ ذنباً إليهِ

لو تيقنتُ لاعتذرتُ إليهِ

He counted my longing for him as a sin against him

Had I been certain, I would have apologized to him

أنا أذنبتُ أو فتورٌ بجفنَي

هِ دَعا مُقلتي إلى مُقلتيهِ

I sinned, or my eyelids were languid

His gaze called my gaze to his

عينُهُ أذنبت وعيني أساءَت

بفؤادٍ أضحى أسيرَ يديهِ

His eye sinned, and my eye did wrong

With a heart that has become prisoner of his hands

أيُّها اللائِمون فيهِ أفِيقوا

أنا عبدٌ لهُ ووقفٌ عليهِ

O you who blame him, wake up

I am his slave, and devoted to him