قالوا لقد شابَ الحبيبُ

وشابَ فيهِ كُلُّ عَزْمِ

They said my love has grown old

And every determination in him has grown old

وأَراك تظلم في هواهَ النـ

ـفْسَ ظُلماً أَيَّ ظُلْمِ

And I see you wronging, in his love, the soul

A wrong, O what a wrong!

فأَجبْت من شرَهِي عَلَيْـ

ـه أَذوقُه في كُلِّ طَعْم

So I answered those who reviled me concerning him

I will taste it in every flavour