نَسيتَ عُهودي وَاِطَّرَحتَ رَسائِلي

كَأَن لَم يَدُر يَوماً بِفِكرِكَ لي ذِكرُ

You forgot my covenants and cast off my letters

As if you never once thought of even mentioning me

وَقَد كُنتُ أَخشى بَعضَ ذاكَ فَعِندَما

قَطَعتَ جَوابي قُلتُ قَد قُضِيَ الأَمرُ

And I had feared some of that, so when

You cut off my response, I said the matter was settled

وَقَد كانَ ظَنّي فيكَ أَنَّكَ ذاكِري

وَلو جُرِّدَت ما بَينَنا الأَنصُلُ البُترُ

And my assumption about you was that you remembered me

Even if we were stripped bare, leaving no connection between us

فَكَيفَ وَلا الخَطِّيُّ يَخطِرُ بَينَنا

وَلا نَهِلَت مِنّا المُثَقَّفَةُ السُمرُ

So how could it be when there is not even

A literate one to cross between us, nor a sleepless dark-eyed beauty to water our relationship