باعَدتِ بِالإِعراضِ غَيرَ مُباعِدِ

وَزَهَدتِ فيمَن لَيسَ فيكِ بِزاهِدِ

You've distanced with disdain, not one to distance

And spurned those in whom no asceticism exists

وَسَقَيتِني مِن ماءِ هَجرِكِ ما لَهُ

أَصبَحتُ أَشرَقُ بِالزُلالِ البارِدِ

You've quenched me with the water of your estrangement, leaving me

At dawn, radiant with cool, pure water

هَلّا جَعَلتِ فَدَتكِ نَفسي غايَةً

لِلعَتبِ أَبلُغُها بِجَهدِ الجاهِدِ

Why not make my soul the purpose of your ransom

That I may convey the deepest regret with great effort

لا تُفسِدَن ما قَد تَأَكَّدَ بَينَنا

مِن صالِحٍ خَطَراتُ ظَنٍّ فاسِدِ

Do not corrupt what is confirmed between us

With the suspicions of a corrupt thought

حاشاكِ مِن تَضيِيعِ أَلفِ وَسيلَةٍ

شَجِيَ العَدُوُّ لَها بِذَنبٍ واحِدِ

Far be it from you to waste a cordial path

That an enemy has ruined with one misdeed

إِن أَجنِهِ خَطَأً فَقَد عاقَبتَني

ظُلماً بِأَبلَغَ مِن عِقابِ العامِدِ

If I've made a mistake, you've punished me

More severely than the punishment of the resolute

عودي لِما أَصفَيتِنيهِ مِنَ الهَوى

بَدءاً فَلَستُ لِما كَرِهتِ بِعائِدِ

Return me to the passion you've purified in me

For I'll not revert to what you've come to hate

وَضَعي قِناعَ السَخطِ عَن وَجهِ الرِضا

كَيما أَخِرَّ إِلَيهِ أَوَّلَ ساجِدِ

Remove the mask of displeasure from the face of contentment

So I may bow before it the first to prostrate