وَعَن طَرَبِ أُصَفِّقُ إِذ تُغَنّي

بِأَنِيَ مِنكَ حينَ دَنَوتَ مِنّي

I applaud your singing joyfully,

For it reminds me of your nearness to me,

وَما عَنّي بَعُدتَ وَحَقُّ قُربي

إِلَيكَ وَما الَّذي يُبعِدُكَ عَنّي

You have not become distant, though closeness is my right,

What drives you away from me?

وَمِن حَبلِ الوَريدِ غَدَوتَ أَدنى

إِلى قَلبي وَإِنَّكَ غَيرُ إِنّي

You have come closer to my heart than my jugular vein,

Yet you are not me.

وَإِنّي مُذ وَجَدتُ بِكَ الأَماني

عَدِمتُ بِها مِنَ الخَلقِ التَمَنّي

Since finding you, my wishes,

I have ceased to wish from people.

وَفي ذِكريكَ لَم آنَس بِذِكري

وَأُنسي وَحشَةُ العُذّالِ مِنّي

In remembering you I find no solace in remembering myself,

Only the loneliness of the reproacher comforts me.

وَإِنّي مُذ رَفَضتُ بِكَ اللَواحي

عَلَيكَ بِسُنَّةِ الأَبدالِ سِنّي

Since rejecting frivolity for your sake,

Make me follow the way of the righteous.

وَإِن أَخطَأَتُ في قَولي وَفِعلي

فإِنَّ إِصابَتي بِكَ حُسنُ ظَنّي

If I err in word or deed,

Know that thinking well of you is my success.