أظهرتُ من كَمدي ما كانَ مَستورا

فصارَ ما لَم أزل أطويهِ مَنشورا

I revealed what was hidden of my inner pain

And so what I had always concealed became exposed

ولم أجِد عندَ قلبٍ لا يُساعِدني

صَبراً على القتلِ بالهجرانِ مَشكوا

And I did not find in a heart that would not help me

Patience over being killed by estrangement, any consolation

إذا انصرفتُ إلى أن كيفَ أنت ولم

أصبحتُ فيكَ بعقبِ الذلِّ مَعذورا

When I turned to see how you were, and had not

Become, after such humiliation, exonerated

علمتُ أنكَ معنى الناسِ كلّهم

وإن أجبتُكَ أمراً كان مَقدورا

I knew that you embodied the meaning of all mankind

And if I had obeyed you, it would have been destined