وحَلَلْتِ من قلبي وأنتِ بخيلةٌ

ما لا يحلُّ به الجَوادُ المحسنُ

You left my heart while being ungenerous

With that which the generous and kind do not withhold

وسكنتِ ممّن كلُّ جاريةٍ له

شوقاً إليكِ وصَبْوَةً لا تسكنُ

And settled with one whose every neighbor

Yearns for you, obsessed beyond console

وَأَسَرتِني وأنا الطّليقُ وطالما

أسَرَ الهوى وقَتَلْتِ مَنْ لا يُفتَنُ

You captured me though free I stand; for long

Love has captured and killed the sane and cold

وأردتِ كتمانَ الهوى فكتَمْتُهُ

والدّمعُ يُبدي ما أُسرُّ وأُعلِنُ

You wished to hide this love, so hide it I did

Though tears expose what I conceal and hold

وحَبَسْتِ في الشّكوى لساناً واحداً

لو لم تكنْ لِي بالشّكايةِ ألْسُنُ

In plaints you bound a single tongue, and yet

Were you not mine, a thousand would bemoan