يا ظالِمي وَالقَلبُ ناصِرُهُ

يَجني عَلَيَّ لَهُ كَما يَجني

O my oppressor, though my heart defends you

You aggrieve me, aggrieve me as you wish

أَجمَعتَ هَجري وَالفِراقَ مَعاً

أَوما اِشتَفَيتَ بِواحِدٍ مِنّي

You brought together estrangement and separation

Or have you not had your fill of tormenting me?

لَم أَنسَ مَوقِفَنا وَقَد طَلَعَت

كَالشَمسِ تَحتَ حَواجِبِ الدَجنِ

I cannot forget our fateful meeting

That shone like the sun beneath the brows of nightfall

تَرنو إِلَيَّ بِعَينِ مُطفِلَةٍ

رَعَتِ النَوى وَمَساقِطَ المُزنِ

You glance at me with prying eyes

That grazed the plants and falling fruits

سَهمٌ وَجَدتُ لَهُ عَلى كَبِدي

أَلَماً وَآلَمُ صَرفَهُ عَنّي

I found in my liver an arrow

That caused me such pain, such agony

سَمَحَت بِكُم نَفسي عَلى مَضَضٍ

وَلَرُبَّ سامِحَةٍ عَلى ضِنِّ

My soul forgave you, reluctantly

And many a reluctant soul forgives out of hurt

هَيهاتَ يَعدِلُ في قَضِيَّتِهِ

قَمَرٌ يُدِلَّ بِدَولَةِ الحُسنِ

Alas! The moon in its phases of beauty

Does not match his verdict in my case