تَبَدَّلتُ إِلفاً إِذ تَبَدَّلتَ بي إِلفا

وَقَد خانَني فيكَ الزَمانُ وَما أَوفى

When you changed toward me, I changed toward you

And time has betrayed me regarding you, and was not faithful

وَجَرَّعتُ نَفسي مِن إِخائِكَ سَلوَةً

عَلى الرَغمِ مِنّي جُرعَةً مُرَّةً صِرفا

And I quenched myself with your brotherhood a consolation

Despite myself a bitter potion purely

رَمَيتُ بِحَظّي مِنكَ في أَبعَدِ المَدى

وَأَسلَمتُهُ لِلريحِ تَنسِفُهُ نَسفا

I cast my fortune with you into the furthest extent

And surrendered it to the wind to blow it away entirely

وَوَاللَهِ ما زالَت لَوامِعُ بارِقٍ

مِنَ الغَدرِ في أَجفانِ عَينَيكَ لا تَخفى

By God, the lightnings of treachery have not ceased

To be hidden in your eyelids

مَلِلتَ فَما تَعدو المَلالَ سَجِيَّةً

تَعَوَّدتَها لا تَستَطيعُ لَها صَرفا

You wearied, so you do not transcend weariness a disposition

You have become accustomed to it, you cannot turn it away

فَأُقسِمُ لَو أَيقَنتُ أَنَّ مَلالَةً

لِعَينَيَّ تَسمو لَم أُدِر لَهُما طَرفا

So I swear if I was certain that weariness

For my eyes ascended I would not turn them away