أَيا جيرَةً بِلَوى الأَبرَقَينِ

دَنا بِاِنتِزاحِكُم حينُ حَيني

O neighbors with the lightning of two dawns,

You approached while my heart was burning,

فَأَضرَمتُم بِالجِوى نارَ قَلبي

وَأَطفَأتُم بِالنَوى نورَ عَيني

So you ignited the fire of my heart with yearning,

And extinguished with your determination the light of my eyes.

وَأَيسَرُ ما حَلَّ بي بَعدَكُم

ضَنىً حالَ ما بَينَ روحي وَبَيني

The easiest thing that befell me after you

Was the anguish that came between my soul and me.

وَلَيلَةَ إِعراضِكُم لاحَ لي

بَياضُ دُجى لِمَّتي كَاللُجَينِ

On the night you turned away, the whiteness

Of the dark night was like two mornings to me.

حَفِظتُ وَضَيَّعتُم صُحبَتي

وَقابَلتُم صِدقَ وُدّي بِمينِ

I kept faithful to our companionship while you wasted it,

And you met my true love with betrayal.

وَما زِلتُ أَقضي دُيونَ الغَرامِ

لِمَن حَكَمَهُ في الهَوى مَطَلُ دَيني

Yet I continue to pay the debts of passion

To those whose tyranny in love has chained my obedience.