شَجاني صائِحٌ يَدعو بِبَينٍ

وَأَرَّقَني بُكاءُ الباكِيينِ

A chanter calling out with separation

Has kept me awake, the weeping of the weepers

وَناحَ الطّائِرانِ فَهَيَّجاني

وَشَوَّقَني بُكاءُ الطايِرينِ

And the moaning of two birds stirred me

And the crying of the fowl made me yearn

بَكَيتُ فَأَسعَداني حينَ ناحا

فَلَم أَرَ مِثلَ ذَينكَ مُسعِدَينِ

I wept, so they made me happy when they moaned

I have never seen the like of you two gladdening

كَأَنَّهُما أَرادا أَن يهيجا

هَوايَ فَأَبكَيا قَلبي وَعَيني

It is as if they wanted to provoke

My passion, so they made my heart and eye weep

أَطَلتَ مَلامَتي يا صاحِ جَهلاً

وَبَعضُ اللَّومِ شَينٌ غَيرُ زَينِ

You have blamed me unjustly out of ignorance

Some blame is disgraceful, not beautiful

وَلَو كُنتَ العَليم بِما أَلاقي

عَطِفتَ عَلَيَّ عَطفَ الوالِدَينِ

If you knew what I suffer

You would have pity on me like parents

حُرِمتُ نَوالَها مِن غَيرِ ذَنب

سِوى كَذِبٍ رُميتُ بِهِ وَمَينِ

I am deprived of her gifts though innocent

Except for lies I was accused of and disgraced

إِذا سُمِعَت مَقالاتُ الأَعادي

فَذاكَ فَسادُ بَينَ العاشِقينِ

When enemies' words are heard

That corruption comes between lovers

عَلَيكَ مواعِدٌ أَقسَمتُ إِلَّا

وَفَيتَ بِهِنَّ لي وَقَضَيتَ دَيني

You made promises to me except

You failed them for me and paid off my debt