كَأَن لَم يَكُن يا أُمَّ حِقَةَ قَبلَ ذا

بِمَيطانَ مُصطافٌ لَنا وَمرابِعُ

As if there was nothing, O mother of Hiqah, before this

At Maytan, a resort for us and dwellings,

وَإِذ نَحنُ في غُصنِ الشَبابِ وَقَد عَسا

بِنا الآنَ إِلّا أَن يُعَوَّضَ جازِعُ

And while we were in the branch of youth, though now

Nothing remains for us except what has passed,

فَقَد أَنكَرتَهُ أمُّ حِقّةِ حادِثاً

وَأَنكَرَها ما شِئتَ وَالوُدُّ خادِعُ

So you denied it, O mother of Hiqah, as something new,

And I denied what you wished, and affection is deceitful,

وَلَو آذَنتَنا أُمُّ حِقّةَ إِذ بِنا

شَبابٌ وَإِذ لَم تَرُعنا الرَوائِعُ

And if you had allowed us, O mother of Hiqah, when with us

Was youth, and when you did not watch over proprieties,

لَقُلنا لَها بَيني بِلَيلٍ حَميدَةً

كَذاكَ بلا ذَمٍّ تُؤَدّى الوَدائِعُ

We would have said to her one dark night,

Thus without blame are deposits returned.