عَلَّموهُ كَيفَ يَجفو فَجَفا

ظالِمٌ لاقَيتُ مِنهُ ما كَفى

They taught him to be cold, so he became cold

An oppressor I met, from whom I got enough

مُسرِفٌ في هَجرِهِ ما يَنتَهي

أَتُراهُم عَلَّموهُ السَرَفا

Excessive in his estrangement, endless

Did they teach him such extravagance?

جَعَلوا ذَنبي لَدَيهِ سَهَري

لَيتَ يَدري إِذ دَرى الذَنبَ عَفا

They made my sin unforgivable to him

If only he knew when he knew of sin, he would pardon

عَرَفَ الناسُ حُقوقي عِندَهُ

وَغَريمي ما دَرى ما عَرَفا

People recognized my rights with him

While my adversary did not know, did not recognize

صَحَّ لي في العُمرِ مِنهُ مَوعِدٌ

ثُمَّ ما صَدَّقتُ حَتّى أَخلَفا

A promise was made to me in life by him

Yet I did not believe it until he broke it

وَيَرى لي الصَبرَ قَلبٌ ما دَرى

أَنَّ ما كَلَّفَني ما كَلَّفا

And he sees patience for me, a heart that knows not

That what he tasked me with, he did not task

مُستَهامٌ في هَواهُ مُدنَفٌ

يَتَرَضّى مُستَهاماً مُدنَفا

Obsessed with his love, accusing

Content with an obsessed accuser

يا خَليلَيَّ صِفا لي حيلَةً

وَأَرى الحيلَةَ أَن لا تَصِفا

Oh my friend, advise me a solution

And I see the solution is not to advise

أَنا لَو نادَيتُهُ في ذِلَّةٍ

هِيَ ذي روحي فَخُذها ما اِحتَفى

If I called him in humiliation

Saying, here is my soul, take it without hesitation