عاوَدَ القَلبُ يا لَقَومِيَ سُقماً
يَومَ أَبدَت لَنا قُرَيبَةُ صَرما
My heart regained its sickness, O my people
The day our kinswoman showed hostility
صَرَمَتني وَما اِجتَرَمتُ إِلَيها
غَيرَ أَنّي أَرعى المَوَدَّةَ جُرما
She spurned me though I did no wrong to her
Save that I fostered love, which was my crime
حُرَّةٍ مِن نِساءِ عَبدِ مَنافٍ
جَمَعَت مَنطِقاً وَعَقلاً وَجِسما
A noble lady of the Abde Manaf clan
United in speech, reason, and body
عَمُّها خالُها وَإِن عُدَّ يَوماً
كانَ خالاً لَها إِذا عُدَّ عَمّا
Her uncle, her aunt, and if one day
Her aunt would be an uncle another day
صَرَمَتني وَاللَهِ في غَيرِ ذَنبٍ
رَبِّ موسى أَميرَةُ القَلبِ ظُلما
She spurned me, by Allah, though I sinned not
O Lord of Moses, the princess wronged me unjustly
قُلتُ لَمّا أَتانِيَ القَولُ ذَرواً
لَيتَ شِعري مَن صاغَ ذا ثُمَّ نَمّا
When the rumors came to me in drips
I wondered who fabricated this then slept
كَيفَ أَسلو وَكَيفَ أَصبِرُ عَنها
يا لَقَومي وَحُبُّها كانَ غُرما
How can I ask or be patient with her?
O my people, my love for her was deep
لَيتَ شِعري يا بَكرُ هَل كانَ هَذا
أَم يَراهُ الإِلَهُ بِالغَيبِ رَجما
I wonder, O Bakr, was this really true?
Or did the God see it in the unknown as untrue?
قالَ مَهلاً فَلا تَظُنَّنَّ هَذا
عَمرَكَ اللَهُ ما قَتَلناهُ عِلما
He said, wait, think not this is true
God prolong you, we did not kill him knowingly
قُلتُ إِذهَب وَلا تُلَبِّث لِشَيءٍ
وَاِستَمِع وَاِعلَمِ الَّذي كانَ نَمّا
I said, go, linger not for anything
Listen and learn what really happened
فَمَضى نَحوَها بِعَقلٍ وَحَزمٍ
وَاِحتِيالٍ وَنُصحِ حُبٍّ فَلَمّا
So he went to her sensibly and prudently
With cunning, advice of love. When
جائَها قالَ ما الَّذي كانَ بَعدي
حَدِّثيني فَقَد تَحَمَّلتِ إِثما
He came to her, he said what happened after me?
Tell me, for you have sinned
أَصَرَمتِ الَّذي دَعاهُ هَواكُم
وَبَرى لَحمَهُ فَلَم يُبقِ لَحما
You spurned him whom your love summoned
And saw his flesh, leaving no flesh
فَاِستُفِزَّت لِقَولِهِ ثُمَّ قالَت
لا وَرَبّي يا بَكرُ ما كانَ مِمّا
Angered by his words, she said
No, by my Lord O Bakr, it was not so
قيلَ حَرفٌ فَلا تُراعَنَّ مِنهُ
بَل نَرى وَصلَهُ وَرَبّي حَتما
A mere rumor, so do not heed it
Rather we see his ties undone, by my Lord absolutely
لَعَنَ اللَهَ مَن تَقَوَّلَ هَذا
وَثَنى مَن وَشى بِلَعنٍ وَهَمّا
God curse whoever alleged this
And repeat cursing and suspicion
لِيَسوءَ الصَديقَ بِالصَرمِ مِنّا
زَيدَ أَنفُ العُداةِ بِالوَصلِ رَغما
To malign the loyal with this rejection by us
The enemies' noses are cut despite the tie, loathing
