يا أَبا القاسِم قُل لي

قُل لِماذا لا تَزورُ

O Abu al-Qasim, tell me

Tell me, why don't you visit

كُنت قَد قَدَّمتَ وَعداً

فَإِذا وَعدُكَ زورُ

You had made a promise

So if your promise is to visit

وَبذرتَ الودَّ بِالقَو

لِ فَلَم تَزكُ البذورُ

And you planted love with words

Why didn't the seeds grow

وَنحرتَ الودَّ بِالهَج

رِ كَما يهدى الجزورُ

And you slaughtered love with rejection

Like sacrificial animals are slaughtered

اِنَّ أُمَّ الصدق في الو

دِ لِمقلاةٌ نَزورُ

Indeed, the mother of honesty in love

Is a fire we must tend