أَيا حَزَناً وعاوَدَني وداعي

وكانَ فراقَ لُبنَى كالخُداعِ

Oh sorrow, you have returned to bid me farewell

As though parting from Lubna was but a deceit

تكنَّفني الوشاةُ فَأَزعَجُوني

فَيَا لِلّه لِلوَاشي المُطاعِ

The slanderers besieged me, disquieting me

Oh Lord, cursed be the obeyed talebearer

فأَصبحتُ الغَداةَ أَلُومُ نَفسي

عَلَى شَيءٍ وَلَيسَ بِمُستَطَاعِ

I awoke in the morning, blaming myself

For something beyond my power

كَمَغبُونٍ يَعَضُّ عَلَى يَدَيهِ

تَبيَّنَ غَبنَهُ بَعدَ البيَاعِ

Like a duped man biting his hands

Realizing his loss after the sale