ما كُنتُ أَحسِبُ أَنَّ عَه

دَكَم كَذا عَهدٌ سَقيمُ

I did not expect that your covenant

Would be thus, a feeble covenant

يُجفى وَلِيُّكُمُ وَيَف

نى حَقُّ صُحبَتِهِ القَديمُ

Your confidant is abandoned, his right

To long companionship denied

وَلَقَد ظَنَنتُ وَفاءَكُم

بِالعَهدِ لي أَبَداً يَقومُ

I truly thought your loyalty

To the covenant with me would endure

وَأَرى رُسومي عِندَكُم

تَعفو كَما عَفَتِ الرُسومُ

But I see my vestiges with you

Fade, as vestiges fade away