عاوَدَ القَلبَ بَعضُ ما قَد شَجاهُ

مِن حَبيبٍ أَمسى هَوانا هَواهُ

Some of what had wounded my heart

Of a lover who now disdains his passion

يا لِقَومي وَكَيفَ صَبرِيَ عَمَّن

لا تَرى النَفسُ طيبَ عَيشٍ سِواهُ

Oh my people, how can I have patience with one

Whose soul finds no comfort without him

أَرسَلَت إِذ رَأَت بِعادِيَ أَن لا

يَقبَلَن بي مُحَرِّشاً إِن أَتاهُ

When she saw I was distant, she sent word that

No talebearer will be welcomed if he comes to him

لا تُطِع بي فَدَتكَ نَفسي عَدوّاً

لِحَديثٍ عَلى هَواهُ اِفتَراهُ

Do not obey, may I ransom you, my soul's enemy

In tales he fabricated to suit his whim

لا تُطِع بي مَن لَو رَآني وَإِيّا

كَ أَسيرَي ضَرورَةٍ ما عَناهُ

Do not obey one who, were he to see me and you

As two captives of dire need, would not reproach him

وَاِجتِنابي بَيتَ الحَبيبِ وَما الخُل

دُ بِأَشهى إِلَيَّ مِن أَن أَراهُ

And avoiding the house of the beloved, though nothing is sweeter

To me than to see him

ما ضِراري نَفسي بِهَجرَةِ مَن لَي

سَ مُسيئاً وَلا بَعيداً ثَراهُ

It does my soul no harm to shun one who is

Neither unjust nor far, though he spurns me

دونَ أَن يَسمَعَ المَعاذِرَ مِنّي

أَو يُرى عاتِباً فَعِندي رِضاهُ

Without hearing my excuses

Or seeing him blame me, for I have his approval