نَوَى لِي بَعدَ إِكثارِ السُؤالِ

حَبيبٌ أَن يُسامِحَ بِالنَوالِ

After asking much, a beloved promised gifts to me,

But when I sought to claim that vow’s validity

فَلَما رمتُ إِنجازَاً لِوَعدي

عَلَيهِ أَبى الوَفاءَ بِما نَوَى لي

He cruelly refused to keep his sworn promise.

And his closeness was the cure to my malady!

وَكانَ القُربُ مِنهُ شِفاءَ نَفسي

فَقَد قَضَتِ النَوائِبُ بِالنَوى لي

Yet misfortunes have revoked those vows once made me.