عَذّبْتِ رِقّةَ قلبي

ظلماً بقسْوَةِ قَلْبِكْ

You tortured the tenderness of my heart

Unjustly with the harshness of yours

وَسِمْتِ جسميَ سقماً

وما شفيتِ بطبّك

And sickened my body

Yet did not heal me with your medicine

أسخطْتُ كلّ عدُوٍّ

رَضِيْتِهِ لمُحِبّك

I displeased every enemy

Pleasing him for your lover

من لي بصبْرٍ جميلٍ

على رياضة صعبك

Who can grant me beautiful patience

For the difficulties of your aloofness

فيا تَشَوّقَ بُعْدي

إلى تَنَسّمِ قُربك

Oh how I long from afar

To breathe in the nearness of you

أمَا ومُرْسَلٍ وَحْفٍ

يُغْري بتقبيلِ كعبك

With a letter-bearer and authentic missive

Tempting me to kiss your ankles

وَوَجْنَةٍ غَمَسَتْها

في الوَرْد صبغة ربك

And cheeks that your Lord

Dyed in the color of roses

لَقَدْ جنحتُ لسلمي

كما جنحتِ لحربِك

Indeed I inclined to my peace

As you inclined to your war

فبالدّلالِ الذي زا

دَ في ملاحةِ عُجْبك

So by the guide whom you sent

Increasing the pride of your vanity

فُكّي من الأسرِ قلباً

عليه طابَعُ حُبّك

Release from captivity a heart

Branded with the mark of your love

ونَعّمِيني بعُتبى

فقد شقيتُ بِعَتْبِك

And favor me with your rebuke

For I am miserable due to your reproach