أَسْلَفْتُ تَقْبِيلي لسالِفتيهِ

إِذ عَتْبُه لي شاغِلٌ شفتيْهِ

I promised my kiss to one who reproached me,

When his blame occupied my lips.

ويظن أَنِّي قد رَويت من الظما

وأَكونُ أَظْمى مَا أَكُون إِليْهِ

He thought I was sated with water,

Yet I was thirstier than I'd been for him.

ويظنني من فَرْطِ ضَمِّي قاسِياً

وأَكونُ أَحْنى ما أَكونُ عليه

He thought me cruel from my intense embrace,

Yet I was more tender than I'd been with him.

يا ليت شِعْري للمُصَابِ بِفِعْلِه

مَنْ دَلَّ عَيْنيْه على عَيْنيْهِ

Oh, if only I knew, for the one hurt by his acts,

Who guided his eyes to my eyes!