أَرِقتُ وَآبَني هَمّي

لِنَأيِ الدارِ مِن نُعمِ

I spent the night awake, burdened with cares

For being far from the abode of comforts

فَأَقصَرَ عاذِلٌ عَنّي

وَمَلَّ مُمَرِّضي سُقمي

So my blamer fell short of blaming me

And my sickness made my healer sick

أَموتُ لِهَجرِها حُزناً

وَيَحلو عِندَها صَرمي

I die of grief for her estrangement

Yet being with her gladdens my misfortune

فَبِئسَ ثَوابُ ذاتِ الوُد

دِ تَجزيهِ اِبنَةُ العَمِّ

So evil is the reward of the beloved

When she rewards the son of the paternal uncle

وَيَومَ الشَريِ قَد هاجَت

دُموعاً وُكَّفَ السَجمِ

And the day she departed, she shed

Tears while holding back her sobs

غَداةَ جَلَت عَلى عَجَلٍ

شَتيتاً بارِدَ الظَلمِ

The next morning she slipped away

Hastily, in the darkness of night

وَقالَت لِفَتاةٍ عِن

دَها حَوراءَ كَالرِئمِ

And she said to a girl with her

A gazelle-like beauty:

أَهوَ يا أُختِ بِاللَهِ ال

لَذي لَم يَكنِ عَن إِسمي

"Is it him, O sister, by Allah

Who did not care for my name?

وَلَم يُجازِنا بِالوُد

دِ أَحفى بي وَلَم يَكمِ

And did not reciprocate my love

But pretended while he did not feel

فَقالَت رَجعَ ما قالَت

نَعَم يَخفيهِ عَن عِلمِ

The girl replied, reversing her words:

"Yes, he hides it from knowledge"

فَجِئتُ فَقُلتُ صَبٌّ زَل

لَ مِن واشٍ أَخي إِثمِ

So I came and said: "Morning rain

Does not fall from a barren cloud.

وَقَد أَذنَبتُ ذَنباً فَاِص

فَحى بِاللَهِ عَن ظُلمي

And I have sinned a sin, so remedy

With Allah from my injustice."

فَقالَت لا فَقُلتُ فَلِم

أَرَقتِ دَمي بِلا جُرمِ

She said "No." I said "Why then

Did you trouble me without crime?

أَإِن أَقرَرتُ بِاِلذَنبِ

لِحُبٍّ قَد بَرى جِسمي

If I admit to the sin,

It is of a love that filled my body

زَوَيتِ العُرفَ وَالنائِ

لَ عَمداً غَيرَ ذي رُحمِ

You have declined convention and the obtainer

Intentionally, not one of kinship."