أَضاعَ وَقاري مَن عَلِقتُ جَمالَهُ

فَيا زَهرَةً قَد زَلزَلَت جَبَلاً راسي

He wasted my dignity, the one whose beauty I admired,

Oh blossom, you who made a steadfast mountain quake,

وَما ضَرَّ لَو واسى وَسَلّى بِزَورَةٍ

خَلِيٌّ جَرى فيهِ القَضاءُ عَلى راسي

It would not hurt if he would console and comfort with a visit,

An empty evening passed, fate played out as it would,

فَأَلقُطُ دُرّاً مِن فُضولِ حَديثِهِ

وَأَشرَبُ طيبَ العَيشِ مِن فَضلَةِ الكاسِ

So I pick up pearls from the excess of his talk,

And I drink the pleasure of life from the remainder of the cup,

وَأَرخَصتُ عُمُري فيهِ وَهوَ ذَخيرَتي

وَأَنفَقتُ فيهِ كَنزَ صَبري وَإِناسي

And I spent my life on him though he was my treasure,

And I spent on him my reserve of patience and companionship,

وَغادَرتُ رَأييِ بِالعَراءِ مُذَمِّماً

وَأَوحَشتُ نَفسي فيهِ مِن سائِرِ الناسِ

And I abandoned my opinion in the wilderness, blaming,

And I isolated myself from him, from all other people,

وَأَفسَدتُ بَينَ النَومِ فيهِ وَناظِري

وَأَكَّدتُ وُدّاً بَينَ فِكري وَوَسواسي

And I corrupted between sleep and my watcher,

And I strengthened love between my thoughts and obsessions,

سَأَصرِفُ صَرفَ الحُرِّ عَنهُ مَطامِعي

وَآوي بِهَذا القَلبِ مِنهُ إِلى الياسِ

I will divert my aspirations from him like a free man,

And I will shelter this heart from him into despair,

أَما حيلَةٌ فيهِ فَيَعشَقُ ساعَةً

عَسى رُقَيَّةٌ أُرقي بِها قَلبَهُ القاسي

If only he would love for an hour,

Perhaps a moment of intimacy would soften his harsh heart.