هاتِ قُلْ لي كَمِ الجَفَا والدَّلالُ

لَسْتَ مِمَّنْ يُمْسِي لَدَيْهِ مُحَالُ

Tell me, how long will your disdain and coquetry last?

You are not one who finds pretense becoming.

لَوْ أَردْتَ الوِصَالَ مَا صَدَّكَ ال

واشِي ولا رَدّ عَزْمَكَ العُذَّالُ

Had you wanted union, nothing would have prevented you -

Neither an admonisher nor one who made your purpose difficult.

أَنا لي مِنْكَ قَسْوَةٌ وَصُدودٌ

وَلغَيْرِي تَعَطُّفٌ وَوِصَالُ

For me you show hardness and rejection,

Yet for others you show affection and union.

دَعْ دَلالَ الجمالِ وَانْصِفْ وَقُلْ لي

أَيُّ شَيءٍ مِنَ الصُّدودِ حَلالُ

Leave off your coquetry and be fair, and tell me:

What rejection between us can be legitimate?

أَنا ذاك الَّذي عَهِدْتَ وَإِنْ حَا

لَ تَجَنِّيكَ بَيْنَنا وَالمَلالُ

I am he whom you knew, though now

Weariness has come between us.

يا كَحِيلَ الجُفُونِ لي فِيكَ جَفْنٌ

ما لَهُ مِنْ سِوَى السُّهَادِ اكْتِحَالُ

O languid-eyed one, for me your eyelid

Has no consolation except sleep and withdrawal.