أَموسى لَقَد أَورَدتَني شَرَّ مَورِدٍ

وَما فِرعَونٌ كَفورُ الصَنائِعِ

Oh Musa, you have led me to the worst plight,

And Pharaoh is not so ungrateful.

سَحَرتَ فُؤادي حينَ أَرسَلتَ حَيَّةَ ال

عِذارِ وَقَد أَغرَقتَني في مَدامِعي

You captivated my heart when you sent the serpent

Of accusation, and drowned me in my tears.

وَما كُنتُ أَخشى أَن تَكونَ مَنِيَّتي

بِكَفَّيكَ وَالأَيّامُ ذاتُ بَدائِعِ

I did not fear that my end would be

At your hands, though days can be deceptive.

وَوَاللَهِ ما يَلتَذُّ سَمعي وَناظِري

بِغَيرِكَ إِنساناً وَما ذاكَ نافِعي

By God, neither my hearing nor sight

Takes pleasure in anyone but you - that is of no use to me.

جَعَلتَ عَلَيَّ الصَبرَ ضَربَةَ لازِبٍ

وَحَرَّمتَ أَن آتي إِلَيكَ بِشافِعِ

You made patience upon me an unsheathed blade

And forbade that I should come to you with an intercessor.

وَما أَسَفي أَنّي أَموتُ وَإِنَّما

حِذارِيَ أَن تُرمى بِلُؤمِ الطَبائِعِ

I do not grieve that I die; rather

My fear is that you cast me into the pit of natures.