قُل لِلَّذينَ جُفوني إِذا لَهَجَت بِهِم

ذِكراً كانَ فِتيَتَ المِسكِ يَعقِبُهُ

Tell those who spurned me, when you are mentioned

My talk was like pure musk whose trail lingers on,

وَالكُلُّ يَعلَمُ أَنّي كِدتُ أَعبَدُهُم

دونَ الأَنامِ وَخَيرُ القَولِ أَصدَقُهُ

All know I almost worshipped them, preferred them

Above all people. Honesty guides the truest tongue.

أَحَبَّكُم وَهَلاكي في مَحَبَّتِكُم

وَما اِحتِيالي وَجُهدِ المَرءِ يُرهِقُهُ

I loved you and was near destroyed for loving you,

No trickery in trying, though striving wears one down.

لي أُسوَةٌ في غَرامي وَالشَقاءُ بِكُم

كَعابِدِ النارِ يَهواها وَتَحرِقُهُ

My passion is example enough in love, and sorrowing

Like the fire-worshipper longing for the fire though it burns him.