جرَّعتني غصصَ العتابِ

وجُزتَ بي حدَّ التصابي

You made me drink the bitterness of reproach

And you punished me to the point of affliction

وكسوت غصني بالجفا

ء ضني فخف على شبابي

And you clothed my branch with estrangement

So my youth faded

وأذقتني حرَّ الهوى

ومنعتني بردَ الثوابِ

And you made me taste the heat of passion

And you deprived me of the coolness of reward

وحرمتني ما كنت آمُ

لُ من ثناياكَ العذابِ

And you denied me what I had hoped

For from your torment

وتركتني متحيراً

متلذذاً دنفاً لما بي

And you left me confused

And delighted, brought low by what is in me

يا واحداً في الحسن مخ

لوقاً من النور اللبابِ

O you who are unique in beauty

Created from glorious light

إني كتبتُ بعزتي

ما في فؤادي في كتابِ

I have written with my honor

What is in my heart in a book

فافهم معاني الدمع واج

عَل ما أؤملُهُ جوابي

So understand the meanings of my tears

And make what I hope for your answer