لَئِن قَصَّرَ اليَأسُ مِنكِ الأَمَل

وَحالَ تَجَنّيكِ دونَ الحِيَل

If despair has shortened hope of you

And your estrangement has blocked stratagems

وَناجاكِ بِالإِفكِ فِيِّ الحَسودُ

فَأَعطَيتِهِ جَهرَةً ما سَأَل

And the envious slandered you with lies

So you gave him openly what he asked

وَراقَكِ سِحرُ العِدا المُفتَرى

وَغَرَّكِ زورُهُمُ المُفتَعَل

And the magic of fabricated enmity charmed you

And their false pretense deceived you

وَأَقبَلتِهِم فِيَّ وَجهَ القَبولِ

وَقابَلَهُم بِشرُكِ المُقتَبَل

And you welcomed them against me

While loyalty met them with embrace

فَإِنَّ ذِمامَ الهَوى لَم أَزَل

أُبَقّيهِ حِفظاً كَما لَم أَزَل

Yet I have never ceased to restrain

The reins of passion to protect it as I've never ceased

فَدَيتُكِ إِن تَعجَلي بِالجَفا

فَقَد يَهَبُ الريثَ بَعضُ العَجَل

My darling, if you hasten with estrangement

Patience may yet bring some hastiness

عَلامَ اِطّبَتكِ دَواعي القِلى

وَفيمَ ثَنَتكِ نَواهي العَذَل

Why have the promptings of perfidy seduced you

And the prohibitions of harm bent you

أَلَم أَلزَمِ الصَبرَ كَيما أَخِفَّ

أَلَم أُكثِرِ الهَجرَ كَي لا أُمَلّ

Did I not cling to patience so I may lighten

Did I not increase estrangement that I not care

أَلَم أَرضَ مِنكِ بِغَيرِ الرِضى

وَأُبدي السُرورَ بِما لَم أَنَل

Did I not accept from you less than pleasure

And show joy in what I never attained

أَلَم أَغتَفِر موبِقاتِ الذُنوبِ

عَمداً أَتَيتِ بِها أَم زَلَل

Did I not forgive the sins of misdeeds

Whether you did them intentionally or erred

وَما ساءَ ظَنِّيَ في أَن يُسيءَ

بِيَ الفِعلَ حُسنُكِ حَتّى فَعَل

Never did I expect your goodness

To do me wrong until it did

عَلى حينَ أَصبَحتِ حَسبَ الضَميرِ

وَلَم تَبغِ مِنكِ الأَماني بَدَل

While you became content inwardly

And desired from me no alternate

وَصانَكِ مِنّي وَفِيٌّ أَبِيٌّ

لِعِلقِ العَلاقَةِ أَن يُبتَذَل

A faithful, loving ally protected you

Lest the bond be degraded

سَعَيتِ لِتَكديرِ عَهدٍ صَفا

وَحاوَلتِ نَقصَ وِدادٍ كَمَل

You tried to trouble a serene pact

And attempted to detract from a perfect affection

فَما عوفِيَت مِقَتي مِن أَذىً

وَلا أُعفِيَت ثِقَتي مِن خَجَل

You were not spared my displeasure from harm

Nor was my confidence spared from shame

وَمَهما هَزَزتُ إِلَيكِ العِتابَ

ظاهَرتِ بَينَ ضُروبِ العِلَل

And however much I chastised you with reproach

You came up with all sorts of pretexts

كَأَنَّكِ ناظَرتِ أَهلَ الكَلامِ

وَأوتيتِ فَهماً بِعلمِ الجَدَل

As if you had consulted theologians

And were given understanding in the knowledge of debate

وَلَو شِئتِ راجَعتِ حُرَّ الفَعالِ

وَعُدتِ لِتِلكَ السَجايا الأُوَل

Had you wished, you would have turned back to your original nature

And returned to those first qualities

فَلَم يَكُ حَظِّيَ مِنكِ الأَخَسَّ

وَلا عُدَّ سَهمِيَ فيكِ الأَقَلّ

Yet my share of you was not the lowest

Nor was my lot in you the least

عَلَيكِ السَلامُ سَلامُ الوَداعِ

وَداعِ هَوىً ماتَ قَبلَ الأَجَل

Peace be upon you, the farewell of parting

Parting with a passion that died before its time

وَما بِاِختِيارٍ تَسَلَّيتُ عَنكِ

وَلَكِنَّني مُكرَهٌ لا بَطَل

It was not by my choice that I turned away from you

But I was compelled, powerless

وَلَم يَدرِ قَلبِيَ كَيفَ النُزوعُ

إِلى أَن رَأى سيرَةً فَامتَثَل

My heart knew not how to turn away

Until it saw a way, so it obeyed

وَلَيتَ الَّذي قادَ عَفواً إِلَيكِ

أَبِيَّ الهَوى في عَنانِ الغَزَل

Would that the passionate love that led to pardoning you

And letting the reins of flirtation go loose

يُحيلُ عُذوبَةَ ذاكَ اللَمى

وَيَشفي مِنَ السُقمِ تِلكَ المُقَل

Would transform that blissful union

And heal the sickness of those afflictions