نزعَ القلبُ بي فسرتُ رويداً

فإذا من أحبهُ في طريقي

My heart was torn from me, so I walked slowly,

When there was my beloved in my way.

يتجنى كأنَّ قاضي الجنايا

تِ نصيرٌ لقدهِ الممشوقِ

He glared at me as if he were the judge of capital crimes,

And his nape were my executioner.

ورآني بذلةِ العاشقِ الصبِّ

فصدتهُ عزةُ المعشوقِ

And he saw me in a lover's humility,

So the pride of the beloved turned him away from me.