بأَهلى وَمالى مَن بُليتُ بِحُبِّهِ

وَمَن حَلَّ فِى الأَحشَاءِ دَارَ مُقَامِ

With my family and wealth have I been afflicted for love of her

She who dwells in my heart and soul

وَمَن وَجَلالِ اللهِ حَلفَةَ صَادِقٍ

بري حُبُّهُ لَو تَعلَمينَ عِظامِى

By God's majesty do I swear sincere allegiance

My love for her permeates my bones if only she knew

وَإِنّي لَيثنيني وما بى جَلادَةٌ

عَنَ آتيكِ أقوَامٌ عَلَىَّ كِرامُ

Yet I refrain lest slanderers attack me

Fearing to bring her harm or gain enmity

مَخافةَ أن تَلقَي أذىً أو يُفيدَنى

هَوَاكِ مَقاماَ لَيسَ لى بِمَقَامِ

Her love a glory I cannot claim

They say, “He has grown hopeless and despondent.

يقولونَ قد أمسى وبَلَّ وَقَلّمَا

أُبِلَّنَّ أو يَعتَادَ مِنكِ سَقامِى

He is lovesick and accustomed to her disdain."

When I saw people turning against her

فلمّا رَأَيتُ النّاسَ فيكِ وَأَصبحُوا

أَعادِىَّ لَم يُردَد عليكِ سَلامِى

I withheld my greetings though she was blameless

She knew my enemies would thus be placated

علِمتِ الَّذِى يُرضِى العِدَى فَاَتَيتِهِ

كأن لَم يَكُن مِنّا ذِمامُ

As though no bond had ever tied us

If she rewards her lover for his love

فإن كُنتِ تَجزِينَ المُحِبَّ بِحُبِّهِ

أمَيمَ فَقَد وَاللهِ طالَ هُيامِى

By God, my passion has long been spent

Else return my reason and bid me farewell

وَإِلا فُردِّى العَقلَ مِنّى وَسَلِّمِى

إِليَّ فُؤَادِى وَاذهَبى بِسَلاَمِ

Give me back my heart and go in peace

For the embraces of the fair are forbidden

وِصالُ الغَوَانى بعدَ ما قَد اذَقتِنى

عَلَىَّ إِذا أَبلَلتُ مِنكِ حَرَامُ

When I am drenched in the blood she made me spill