حَبيبٌ أَتاني أَنَّهُ خانَ عَهدَهُ

فَبِتُّ بِلَيلٍ ما تَزولُ كواكِبُه

A beloved came to me saying he had broken his vow

So I spend nights with stars that do not set

فَوَاللَهِ ما أَدري أُغضي لِذَنبِهِ

كَأَنّي لَم أَعلَم بِهِ أَم أُعاتِبُه

By God, I do not know whether to overlook his sin

As if I did not know him, or to reproach him

إِذا ما جَنى ذَنباً ظَلَلتُ كَأَنَّني

بِهِ صاحِبُ الذَنبِ الَّذي هُوَ صاحِبُه

When he commits a sin, I act as though

I were the sinner, though the sin is his