اسْتَبْعِدُ العَهْدَ القَرِيْبَ لَهَا

دَارِي اليَسِيْر تُنِيْلُهُ جَلَلاَ

I distance the recent past from her

My humble abode grants it glory

لَوْ سَرَّهَا قَتْلِي قَتَلْتُ لَهَا

نَفْسِي وَكُنْتُ بِقَتْلِهَا جَذِلاَ

Had it pleased her to kill me, for her I'd have killed myself

And been degraded by killing her

أَوْ لَوْ سَقَتْنِي السُّمَّ أَشْرَبُهُ

مِنْ كَفِّهَا لَحَسِبْتُهُ عَسَلاَ

Or had she given me poison to drink

From her palm I'd have taken it for honey