ما أضعت الهوى ولا خنتك الغي

ب وحاشا لمثلنا أن يخونا

I have not wasted my love or betrayed you, my absent one,

And shame on the likes of us if we were to betray!

حاربتني الأقدار فاعتب علينا

ودهتني وما وجدت معينا

Fate made war on me, so blame us,

It deceived me and I found no helper.

ما حمدنا ما كان قبل ذميما

أو رضينا ما كان لا يرضينا

We did not praise what was once mean,

Or accept what did not please us before.

ليس برح الهموم ما رحت تبدي

ه ولكن ما بات فيك دفينا

Worries do not cease when you cease them,

But what is hidden in you remains hidden.