أبا العبّاس تهجرني لذنبٍ
فإن يك هو حبّك لا أتوبُ
O Abū al-ʿAbbās, do you forsake me for an offense?
If that offense is loving you, I shall not repent.
وَصَبري عنك أنّك في فؤادي
وَما صبري ومن أهوى قريبُ
My patience in being apart from you comes from your being in my heart;
and what need have I of patience when the one I love is near?
فَلو كانَت مودّتنا لأمرٍ
لأوشَك أن تُقلّبها القلوبُ
If our affection were founded on some motive,
hearts would soon overturn it.
وَلكنّا لِمَعرفةٍ وعهدٍ
وَرأيُك فيهما الرأي المصيبُ
But ours rests on mutual understanding and a covenant,
and yours, concerning both, is the unerring judgment.
Sol 5.6