قالوا اصطبر وَهوَ شَيءٌ لَستُ أَعرفُهُ

مَن لَيسَ يعرفُ صَبراً كَيفَ يصطَبرُ

They said be patient, yet it's something I don't know

How can one be patient when patience they don't know

أوصى الخليّ بِأَن يَغضي المُلاحِظُ عَن

غُرِّ الوُجوهِ فَفي إِهمالِها غررُ

The wise advised to turn a blind eye on

The frowns of faces, ignoring them wins the show

وَفاتنِ الحُسنِ قتَّالِ الهَوى نَظرت

عَيني إِلَيهِ فَكانَ المَوت وَالنَّظرُ

The beauties of charm, the killers of passion I saw

My eyes looked at them, and then came death and the woe

ثُمَ اِنتَصَرتَ بِعَيني وَهيَ قاتِلَتي

ماذا تُريدُ بِقَتلي حينَ تَنتَصِرُ

Yet with my eyes you were victorious, those eyes that slay me

What do you want with my murder when you're the victor now

يا شُقَّةَ النَّفس وَاصِلها بِشُقَّتها

فَإِنَّما أَنفسُ الأَعداءِ تَهتَجِرُ

Oh splitter of souls, keep splitting those souls

For only enemies' souls split up and rue

ظَلَمتَني ثم إِني جئت مُعتَذِراً

يَكفيكَ أَنِّيَ مَظلومٌ وَمُعتذِرُ

You wronged me, yet I came apologizing still

It's enough that I'm wronged and apologizing too