أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِي مِنْكَ أَنْ تَرْحَمَا

وَتَعْصي الْعَوَاذِلَ وَاللُّوَّمَا

Has the time not come for you to show mercy,

And defy the blamers and accusers,

وَتَرْثِي لِصَبٍّ بِكُمْ مُغْرَمٌ

أَقَامَ عَلَى هَجْرِكُمْ مَأْتَمَا

And eulogize a lover so smitten by you all

He has held a funeral for your abandonment,

يَبِيتُ إِذَا جَنَّهُ لَيْلُهُ

يُرَاعِي الْكَوَاكِبَ وَالْأَنْجُمَا

Who spends his nights when darkness falls

Gazing at the stars and planets,

وَمَاذَا عَلَى الصَّبِّ لَوْ أَنَّهُ

أَحَلَّ مِنَ الْوَصْلِ مَا حَرَّمَا

What's wrong if this lover has made

Permissible what you have forbidden of union?