وَغَزالٍ مَنحتَهُ خالِصَ الود

دِ فَجازى بَالصَدِّ وَالاِجتِنابِ

A gazelle to whom I gave my true devotion

Repaid me with rejection and evasion

لَم أَلُمهُ أَنِ اِتَقّى بِحجابٍ

رَدّني واله الفُؤادِ لِما بي

I did not blame him for keeping behind a veil

But the Lord of my heart turned me back because of what was in me

هَبهُ رُوحي وَلَيسَ يُنكِر لِلرو

حِ تَوارٍ عَنِ الوَرى بِحِجابِ

I gave him my soul yet he does not deny the spirit

A retreat from the world with a veil