بِأَبي أَنتَ كَيفَ أَخلَفتَ وَعدي

وَتَثاقَلتَ عَن وَفاءٍ بِعَهدي

My father, how could you break your promise

And neglect to fulfill your covenant with me

لَم تَجِد مِثلَ ما وَجَدتُ وَما أَن

صَفتَ إِن لَم تَجِد مِثلَ وَجدي

You will not find anyone like what I found in you, and how I

Praised you! If you do not find the like of what I found

رُبَّ يَومٍ أَطَعتُ فيهِ لَكَ الغَ

يَّ وَغَيِّي في حُسنِ وَجهِكَ رُشدي

Many a day I obeyed the misleading in your beautiful

Face, and my right guidance was in your beauty

سِحرُ عَينَيكَ قَهوَتي وَثَنايا

كَ مِزاجي وَوَردُ خَدَّيكَ وِردي

The magic of your eyes is my coffee and your dimples

My temperament, and the rose of your cheeks my bouquet

لَيتَني قَد حَلَلتُ عِندَكَ في الحُ

بِّ مَحَلّاً أَحَلَّكَ الحُبُّ عِندي

If only I had become permitted to you in love,

So love permitted you to me

لا أَرَتني الأَيّامُ فَقدَكَ ما عِش

تُ وَلا عَرَّفَتكَ ما عِشتُ فَقدي

May the days not let me see you lost, as long as I live

Nor make me know your loss, as long as I live

أَعظَمُ الرُزءِ أَن تُقَدَّمَ قَبلي

وَمِنَ الرُزءِ أَن تُؤَخَّرَ بَعدي

The greatest misfortune is for you to precede me in death

And of misfortune for you to be delayed after me

حَسَداً أَن تَكونَ إِلفاً لِغَيري

إِذ تَفَرَّدتُ بِالهَوى فيكَ وَحدي

I envy that you become intimate with someone other than me

When I singled myself out in loving you alone