لا عذبن العين غير مفكر

ابدا بها لو مس باصرها العمى

I shall not delight my eyes with an unthoughtful one

Never with her, even if blindness touched her sight

واحثها تبكي الطلول مخاطرا

فيها بكت بالدمع او فاضت دما

And urge her to shed tears of misfortunes

With them she wept with tears or overflowed with blood

ولأهجرن من الرقاد لذيذه

اذ راح اصناف العواذل نوما

And I shall refrain from sweet slumber

When the songstresses went to sleep

فاقيم حربا بين عيني والكرى

حتى يعود على الجفون محرما

So I wage war between my eyes and the abode

Until it becomes forbidden to return to the eyelids

هي اوقعتني في حبائل فتنة

منها عليّ غدا الضياء مطلسما

She made me fall into the snares of passion

From which tomorrow the light was veiled from me

قادت فؤادي للعناء بنظرة

لو لم تكن نظرت لكنت مسلما

She led my heart to sorrow with a glance

If she had not glanced, I would still be secure

سفكت دمي فلأسفكن دموعها

ليرى بها روض الطلول منمنما

She shed my blood, so I shall shed her tears

To see the meadows of beauty speckled with dew

فأنا الذي حنقا اكرر ظلمها

وهي التي بدأت فكانت اظلما

So I, who angrily repeat her injustice

While she was the one who started, and was more unjust