طلبت لديكم بالعتاب زيادةً

وعطفاً فأعتبتم بإحدى البوائقِ

Through reproach, I sought from you an increase

and tenderness; yet you appeased me with one calamity among many.

فكنت كمستسق سماء بخيلة

حياً فأصابته بإحدى الصواعقِ

So I was like one asking a miserly sky

for reviving rain—only to be struck by one of its thunderbolts.

ومن ظن أن الاستزادة في الهوى

تؤول بمعشوق إلى هجر عاشق

Who could have thought that seeking more in love

would lead the beloved to forsake a lover?