قَطَعتَ عُرى وُدّي وَخُنتَ أَمانَتي

وَأَبدَيتَ لي عَتباً وَلَم تَقبَلِ العُتبى

You severed the ties of my love and betrayed my trust

And reproached me yet did not accept reproach

فَيا رُبَّ لَيلٍ لا يُرَجّى صَباحُهُ

تَحَمَّلتُ فيهِ ما كَرِهتُ كَما تَهوى

Oh Lord of a night with no hoped-for dawn

In it I endured what I disliked as you wished

فَيا حَسرَتي إِن رَدَّ كَفَّيَ مانِعٌ

فَقَصَّرَها عَمّا تُحِبُّ مِنَ الدُنيا

Oh what a regret if a preventer holds back my palms

And restricts them from what I love in this life

وَما بُغيَتي في مِنَّةٍ لي أَنالُها

وَأَبلُغُها إِلّا نَظَرتُ إِلى أُخرى

My ambition was not for a favor I could obtain

And attain, but only that I might look upon another