لَعَمري لَقَد بَيَّنتُ في وَجهِ تُكتَمٍ

غَداةً تَلاقَينا التَجَهُّمَ وَالغَضَب

By my life, I made clear on the face of her sulking

The morning we met frowning and anger

بِلا يَدِ سَوءٍ كُنتُ أَزلَلتُ عِندَها

وَلا بِحَديثٍ نُثَّ عَنّي فَيا عَجَب

With no ill intent was I courteous to her

Yet how strange she later spoke ill of me

وَإِنّي لَمَصرومٌ إِذا قالَ كاشِحٌ

فَوافَقَ يَوماً بَعضُ ما قالَ أَو كَذَب

Truly I'm forbidden, if a slanderer says

One day something that matches or contradicts

فَمِلآنَ يَثنِ الصَبرُ نَفسِيَ أَو تَمُت

إِذا اِنبَتَّ حَبلٌ مِن حِبالِكِ فَاِنقَضَب

So let patience fill my soul or I shall die

If a rope of your ropes has come undone

فَما إِن لَنا في أَهلِ مَكَّةَ حاجَةٌ

سِواكِ وَإِن قَضَّيتِ مِن وَصلِنا الأَرَب

For in the people of Mecca we've no need

Except you, even if you've cut short our connection

وَقَولي لِنِسوانٍ لَحَينَكِ في الهَوى

إِذا عَقلُ إِحداهُنَّ مِن وَصلِنا عَزَب

And say to women who envy your love for me

If any of them understands our separation has happened

أَجِئنا الَّذي لَم يَأتِهِ الناسُ قَبلَنا

فَقَبلي مِنَ النِسوانِ وَالناسِ مَن أَحَب

We've come to that which others before haven't come

So accept from women and men whom you love