رق العذول لما ألقى بكم ورثي

لما رأى صدكم عن صبكم عبثا

The ardor of passion when it cast you down and grieved me

When it saw your rejection of your pouring in vain

نكثتم حبل ودري بعد قوته

وطالما قلتم لا كان من نكثا

You broke the cord of love after its strength

And you have long said no - that was a breach

أين الوفاء الذي كنا نظن وما

هذا الجفاء الذي من بعده حدثا

Where is the loyalty we thought we had

And what is this estrangement that came after that

فاه نفثة مصدور بهجركم

ومن يذق هجر من يشتاقه نفثا

Alas a breath exhaled in estranging you

And who tastes estrangement of one he yearns for tastes agony

رجوت يوم نواه لو تلبث لي

لأشتكي بعض ما ألقى فما لبثا

I hoped one day he would stay with me

So I could complain of some of what I encountered but he did not stay

وكم شكوت الذي ألقاه منه فما

أوى لذلي ولا ألوي ولا اكترثا

And how much I complained of what he did to me but he

Did not care for my pain, nor come to me, nor took heed

وكم حلفت بأني لا أعاتبه

ولست أول صب في الهوى حنثا

And how much I swore I would not reproach him

And I'm not the first one in love to break an oath

ويح المحب متى صدت حبائبه

يوماً قضى وإذا ما واصلوا بعثا

Woe to the lover when his loved ones shun him

One day he passed away, and if they had kept contact he would have lived

قضى فناحت عليه الورق من حزن

فسجعها بين أثناء النشيد رثا

He passed away and the leaves grieved for him

So she lamented him amidst the strains of the melody, keening