أَينَ تِلكَ الأَيمانُ يا كَذّابُ

يَومَ صالَحتَني بِأَن لا عِتابُ

Where are those promises, O liar

When you reconciled with me that there would be no reproach

كانَ تَصديقُها وَلَم يَكُ إِلّا

مُذ ثَلاثٍ أَن جاءَ هَذا الكِتابُ

I believed them and it was nothing but

Since three days when this letter came

قُلتُ لَمّا حَكى كِتابُكَ أَنّي

قَد تَغَيَّرتُ ما لِهَذا جَوابُ

I said when your letter recounted that I

Have changed, there is no answer to this

رَبِّ إِنّي مِنَ الحَبيبِ بَعيدٌ

وَبَعيدٌ تَدنو بِهِ الأَسبابُ

My Lord, I am far from the beloved

And the reasons to get close are far