بذلتُ وإِن ضَنُّوا وَفَيْت وإِنْ خَانوا

أَحبّايَ لكِنْ ما أَدينُ كما دانوا

I gave though they were stingy, and kept faith though they betrayed.

My loved ones - yet I'm not so indebted as they professed.

يبين سروري ين بانُوا لناظري

كما أَن قَلْبي بانَ عَنِّي مُذ بانوا

My joy appears in my gaze when they show themselves to me,

Just as my heart revealed itself when first they came to light.

لقد عز عِنْدِي أَن أَعيشَ إِذا نأََوْا

كما هانَ عِنْدي أَنَّ أَعِزَّ إِذَا هَانوا

Living seemed vile when they went away from me,

Just as, when they were disgraced, the noblest became base in my eyes.

وقد عدلوا في قَتْلِ نَفْسِي وما اعتَدَوْا

وقد صَدقُوا في مِلْك قَلْبي وما خَانُوا

They were equitable in killing my soul, and did not transgress,

They were true in possessing my heart, and did not betray.

نعم هَجَرُوا صدُّوا تَجنَّوا تَجنَّبُوا

تَنَاسَوْا تَقاسَوْا كُلُّ هَذَا ولاَ كَانُوا

Yes, they abandoned and opposed and held aloof and avoided me,

They forgot and were harsh - yet in all this they were not to blame.

ويُشْتَق فعلُ المسَمياتِ من اسْمِهَا

لذا خَانَ إِخوانٌ لذا جَارَ جِيرانُ

And the verb of appellations is derived from their noun:

So comrades betrayed, and neighbors deserted.

وبي حُلْوَةُ العينينِ والريقِ والحلي

تجمّع فيها الظبيُ والغصنُ والبَانُ

In me is the sweetness of the eyes, the saliva, and the ornaments -

In me the gazelle, the branch, and the bright moon are gathered.

هي الحسنُ مَجْمُوعٌ هِيَ البدرُ كَامِلٌ

هي الظَّبيُ وسْنَانٌ هي الغصُن فَيْنَانُ

I am beauty embodied, the perfect full moon,

I am the gazelle, the tender branch, the sapling luxuriant.