أَيا مُعرِضاً عَنّي وَلَم أَجتَرِم ذَنبا

سِوى أَنَّني أُبدي وَأُخفي لَهُ الحُبّا

O you who turn away from me, though I've committed no crime

Save that I reveal and conceal for him my love

أَيُسخِطُكُم أَنّي هَوَيتُ وِصالَكُم

فَلا تَغضَبي يا مُنيَتي فَلَكِ العُتبى

Does it anger you that I yearn for your companionship?

So do not be angry, my beloved, for to you belong reproaches

سَأَنهى وَلَكِن لا أُراهُ يُطيعُني

وَأَزجُرُ عَمّا فيهِ سُخطٌ لَكِ القَلبا

I will desist, but I do not see that it will obey me

And I forbid it from what angers you, though to it belongs my heart

لَقَد راضَني حُبّيكِ حَتّى أَذَلَّني

وَقَد كُنتُ قَبلَ الحُبِّ ذا مَنعَةٍ صَعبا

Indeed your love has pleased me until it has humiliated me

And I was before love difficult to attain, of great will