بِرُوحيَ ريماً ناعسَ الطَرف جادَ لي

بِرَشفٍ وَتَقبيلٍ فَزالَ سقامي

My spirit, half asleep, turned to me

With a kiss and caress, my sickness disappeared

كَلفت بِهِ طفلاً وَهمت بِحُبه

فَلَما اِنتَشى أَصمى الحَشا بِسهام

I raised him as a child and loved him

But when he awoke, he shot me with arrows

وَسالم أَعدائي وَفي حكمه اِعتَدى

وَقابلني ظُلماً بِنَقض ذمامي

And wished safety to my enemies though they were unjust

And met me with wrong after breaking their word

لَحى اللَهُ مَن يَصبو اِختِياراً إِلى الهَوى

وَيَرضى بِخَفض بَعد رَفع مَقام

May God erase those who choose passion

And accept humiliation after raising status

وَيَرفض أَقوال النُصوح وَلَم يُطع

مَقالة جار في أَسير مَدام

And reject good advice but obey

The words of a neighbor in enduring fetters

فَلا كانَ يَوم فيهِ أَحرقت مُهجَتي

بِحُبِّ فَتاةٍ أَو بِحُبِّ غُلام

Never was there a day I burnt my soul

With love of a girl or love of a lad

وَلا كانَ يَوم ملت فيهِ لِناصح

أَرادَ خَلاصي مِن قُيود غَرام

Nor was there a day I was tired of an advisor

Who wanted my freedom from bonds of love

أَلا أَيُّها اللاحي الَّذي رامَ سَلوَتي

بِأَقوال بُهتان وَزور كَلام

O you fault-finder who sought to seduce me

With words of lies and false speech

إِذا كانَ مَن أَهواه عَني راضِياً

فَلا زلتَ غَضباناً كَثير ملام

If the one I loved was pleased with me

You were still angry, full of blame

فحب حَبيبي قَد تَملكني فَإِن

أَصلِّ إِلى المحراب فَهوَ إِمامي

For the love of my beloved possessed me, so if

I prayed, he was my prayer leader

عَلى أَنَّني أَخطأت في دين حُبه

وَجازَيت خلّاني بِطول خصام

I admit I sinned in loving him

And repaid my betrayer with long discord

وَلَكن عَلى التَفريط أَصبَحتُ نادِماً

نَدامة صبّ لَم يَفز بِمَرام

But I regretted my negligence

Regret that did not accomplish its goal

وَآليت أَني لا أَميل لِغادرٍ

وَلَو كانَ أَبهى مِن بُدور تَمام

And I decided not to leave one who,

However perfect, was absent from me