ما كنت للعهد القديم بناسي
فألين للعذال بعد شماسي
Never did I forget the old covenant between us.
So I now yield to the reproachers, after my proud resistance.
هيهات عاصاني السلو وعادني
عيد الهوى واقتادني وسواسي
Far from it: release from love refused me, and back to me came
the feast of passion; my own obsession led me captive.
وبمهجتي خنث الشمائل قلبه
قاس وقلبي للغرام يقاسي
By my soul, tender though his ways are, his heart
is hard, while mine suffers for love.
Sol 5.6