وكمْ سهرتْ عيني عليكمْ ونمتمُ

ورمتُ بكمْ عزِّي فصادفتُ زلّتي

How often my eyes were sleepless because of you, while you slept,

And I fancied with you my glory, but stumbled in my fancy.

فذكَّرْتُ نفسي رقتي وجفاكم

وسلَّيْتُها عنْ حبِّكم فتسلَّتِ

So I admonished myself for my tenderness and your disdain,

And consoled it with renouncing the love of you and so it was consoled.