مَلامُكُمُ وَالحُبُّ ضِعفانِ مِن نارِ

وَفي واحِدٍ ما زادَ عَن كُلِّ مِقدارِ

Your blame and love are both weaknesses of fire

And in one there is no excess over any measure

وَلِم لُمتُمُ الأَبصارَ فيما أَتَت بِهِ

فَإِنّا دَفَعنا عَن قُلوبٍ بِأَبصارِ

And why did you avert your eyes to what it brought

For we have warded off hearts with eyes

فَلَم تَبتَدِع فيما سَهِرنا لِأَجلِهِ

فَقَد سَهِرَ الناسُ اللَيالي لِأَقمارِ

So you did not innovate in what we were awake for

For people have stayed awake nights for moons

وَأَقسَمَ طَرفي وَهوَ لَيسَ بِحانِثٍ

بِأَن لا رَأَيتُ الرَوضَ إِلّا بِأَنهارِ

And my eyelid swore, and it is no oath-breaker

That I did not see the garden except with rivers

بِقَلبي وُجوهٌ إِن رَأَيتَ رِياضَها

فَلا تَنسَ مِن أَلفاظِها مِثلَ أَزهارِ

In my heart are faces, if you saw their meadows

Do not forget from its words the likes of flowers

مَحاسِنُ قَد سَبَّحتُ مِنها بِسُبحَةٍ

فَمَن يُنكِرُ التَسبيحَ لِلخالِقِ الباري

Beauties I have glorified with a rosary

So who denies glorification of the Creator

وَفَرَّطتَ في قَلبي وَلَم تَحتَفِل بِهِ

فَصِرتُ بِلا قَلبٍ وَصِرتَ بِلا دارِ

And you neglected my heart and did not care for it

So I became without a heart and you without a home

أَفي الحَقِّ أَم في العَدلِ مَطلُ مَواعِدي

فَقَضَّيتُ أَيّامي وَلَم تُقضَ أَوطاري

Is my appointment in truth or in justice?

For I have spent my days and not fulfilled my times

فَصِلني إِذا اِستَكتَمتَني السِرَّ في الهَوى

وَإِلّا فَإِنَّ الهَجرَ يَكشِفُ أَسراري

Unite me if the secret overwhelms me in passion

Otherwise estrangement reveals my mysteries