وجَدْتَ فَلِمْ لَمْ تَجُدْ

على المستهام الكمِدْ

You found, so why didn't you find

willingness from the determined one?

وقد جاد من لم يجِد

وأنجز من لم يعِد

He who didn't promise, did fulfill;

He who didn't find, was generous.

إذا كنت تجفو المحبَّ

وتزداد هجراً وصدْ

If you spurn the lover

And increase your estrangement and rejection,

فصُدْغك كيف انثنى

وخَصْرك كيف انعقد

How did your cheek bend down?

How did your waist gather in?

ولِمْ فترتْ مقلتاك

فُتُوراً أمات الجَلَد

Why did your glances languish,

killing the staunch one?

وتُسْفِر عن كالضحى

وتَبسم عن كالبَرَدْ

You reveal like the dawn

And smile like the cold.

وتهزِل بالعاشقين

كذا الحبُّ هَزْل وجَدْ

You jest about lovers—

This is how love is jest and earnest.