وفيتَ وما لك إلا الوفا

وأنصفتَ والعدلُ أن تُنصِفا

You were true to your word, as loyalty was your way,

You were just, as justice was to reciprocate in kind,

ضمنتَ ضماناً وأتممتَه

وأوليتَ ما جلَّ أن يُوصَفا

You made your promise and saw it through,

You gave your all, more than words can define,

فما كنتَ في العهد لي خائناً

ولا كنتَ في الوعد لي مخلفا

Never deceitful nor ever one to betray,

Never failing nor faltering from your promise to uphold,

لقد عاد وصلُك مستطرَفاً

لأني توقَّعتُ منك الجَفا

Your affection returned full of delight,

As I had expected from you nothing but cold,

ولو نال غيرُك ما نلتَهُ

لفارَقَ أحبابَه وانتفى

Had another been granted what you have attained,

He would have deserted his loved ones absent and aloof,

لأن المَلُولَ إذا ما استقا

مَ بالوَصل شَتَّتَ ما ألَّفا

For the wavering soul if affection it regains,

With reunion scatters what affection wove,

فلِم لا أُواصِل مَن لو جفا

لكدَّر من عيشتي ما صفا

Why cease to cherish one who if spurned,

Would taint the clear joy my life preserved,

تُراني أُضيع حقوق الهوى

وأنت حفيظ لعهد الصفا

Do you see me forsake what love has earned,

While you keep faith with the covenant observed?

ولكنني لك طوع اليدي

نِ على رغم من لام أو عنَّفا

But to you I yield with willing hand,

Despite any blame or those who reprehend,

فلستُ أُبالي بمن لامني

إذا ما وفيت لمن قد وفى

I care not for those who reprimand,

If to the loyal one loyalty I extend.