فَدَيتُكِ فيمَ عَتبُكِ مِن كَلامٍ

نَطَقتِ بِهِ عَلى وَجهٍ جَميلِ

I sacrifice myself for you, why do you blame me

May I be your ransom; why this harsh reproach,

For words I spoke with a beautiful face?

Pronounced by you, upon a face so fair?

وَقَولُكِ لِلرَسولِ عَلَيكَ غَيري

فَلَيسَ إِلى التَواصُلِ مِن سَبيلِ

And your saying to the messenger "I have none but you"

And your telling the messenger: "Seek another,

So there is no way to communicate.

For there is no path to union left for us."

فَقَد جاءَ الرَسولُ لَهُ اِنكِسارٌ

وَحالٌ ما عَلَيها مِن قَبولِ

The messenger came broken

The messenger has returned, dispirited and broken,

In a state that cannot be accepted.

In a wretched state that offers no relief.

وَلَو رَدَّت جِنانُ مَرَدَّ خَيرٍ

تَبَيَّنَ ذاكَ في وَجهِ الرَسولِ

If the soul of the good rejectionist returned

Had Jinan but sent back a kind reply,

That would show on the face of the messenger.

It would have surely shown upon the messenger's face.