قَدْ عَاقَنِي الشَّكُّ فِي أَمْرٍ أَضَعْتُ لَهُ

عَزِيمَةَ الرَّأْيِ حَتَّى ضَاقَ كِتْمَانِي

Doubt has estranged me regarding an affair I had resolved

Until concealing it became too constricting for me

أَوْلَيْتَنِي مِنْكَ وُدّاً قَبْلَ مَعْرِفَةٍ

ثُمَّ انْثَنَيْتَ بِصَدٍّ قَبْلَ إِعْلانِ

You showed me affection before getting to know me

Then you turned coldly before making it public

فَسَرَّنِي مِنْكَ مَا قَدَّمْتَ مُبْتَدَأً

وَسَاءَنِي مِنْكَ مَا أَخَّرْتَ فِي الثَّانِي

What you started with pleased me

What you ended with pained me in the second

فَإِنْ يَكُنْ سُوءُ رَأْيٍ أَوْ مَلالُ هَوَىً

فَإِنَّ كِلْتَيْهِمَا فِي الْقُبْحِ سَيَّانِ

If it was bad judgement or boredom with passion

Then both in their ugliness are the same

فَاكْشِفْ لَنَا عَنْ قِنَاعِ الشَّكِّ نَحْيَ بِهِ

إِمَّا وِصَالاً وَإِمَّا مَحْضَ هِجْرَانِ

So uncover for us from behind the mask of doubt with it

Either union or outright abandonment