أَما مِن حَكَمٍ يعدي

عَلى مَن سامَني جَهدي

Is there no judge to pass

Judgment on those who thwarted me with their toil?

أَما مِن حَكَمٍ يَقضي

عَلى المَولاةِ لِلعَبدِ

Is there no judge to decide

On the devotion of a slave?

فَقَد حالَت عَنِ العَهدِ

وَما حُلتُ عَنِ العَهدِ

For she has turned from her pledge

While I have not turned from mine.

عَصيتُ النَّاسَ في حُبِّي

كَأَنِّي أُمَّةٌ وَحدي

I disobeyed people in my love

As if I were a nation on my own.