هُم رَغبَتي فَلِماذا فِيَّ قَد زَهِدوا

وَالحُكمُ في عَكسِ قَصدي مِنهُم اِطِّرَدوا

They are my desire, so why have they grown weary of me?

Yet their judgment runs counter to my purpose with them.

وَلَم أُلِمَّ بِمَكروهٍ ثُريبُهُم

هَذا وَقَد قَرُبوا مِنّي فَلَم بَعَدوا

No harm from them has touched me closely.

This, when they have drawn near me, and not fled.

زاروا اِختِيالاً بِزَورِ الوَعدِ لي أَسَروا

قَلبي لِذا أَخلَفوني كُلَّما وَعَدوا

They came to me falsely, with lying promises.

So my heart - because they have failed me whenever they promised -

وَاِستَيقَظا لَوعَتي مِن بَعدِ رَقدَتِها

حَتّى إِذا قامَ وَجدي فيهِمُ قَعَدوا

And my sorrows awakened after their slumber,

Until when my love stood up, I found them sitting.