أَرسَلَت خُلَّتي إِلَيَّ بِأَنّا

قَد أُتينا بِبَعضِ ما قَد كَتَمتا

My aunt sent me a message that we

Had uncovered some of what you two had concealed

وَبِهِجرانِكَ الرَبابَ حَديثاً

سَوأَةٌ يا خَليلَ ما قَد فَعَلتا

And by your estrangement, Rabab was freshly

Grieved, O friend, by what you both had done

وَهَجَرتَ الرَبابَ مِن حُبِّ سُعدى

وَنَسيتَ الَّذي لَها كُنتَ قُلنا

You abandoned Rabab out of love for Su'da

And forgot what you had said to her

وَلَعَمري لَيَحسُنَنَّ عَزائي

عَنكَ إِذ كُنتَ غَيَّها قَد أَلِفتا

By my life, my condolences about you

Will be fine, since you had grown accustomed to her

وَكَأَنّي قَد كُنتُ أَعلَمُ أَنّي

لَستُ إِلّا كَمَن بِهِ قَد غَدَرتا

It's as if I knew that I am

Nothing but one you both have betrayed

غَيرَ أَن قَد غَدَرتَني قَبلَ خُبرٍ

فَوَجَدناكَ كاذِباً إِذ خُبِرتا

Except you betrayed me before any news

So we found you lying when we were told

أَينَ أَيمانُكَ الغَليظَةُ عِندي

وَمَواثيقُ كُلَّها قَد نَقَضتا

Where are your solemn oaths to me

And all the covenants you both have broken?

لا تَخونُ الرَبابَ ما دُمتَ حَيّاً

يا اِبنَ عَمّي فَقَد غَدَرتَ وَخُنتا

Do not betray Rabab as long as you live,

O cousin, for you have betrayed and been disloyal

وَأَتيتَ الَّذي أَتَيتَ بِعَمدٍ

لَم تَهَبنا لِذاكَ ثُمَّ ظَلَمتا

You have intentionally done what you have done

Without offering us that, then you wronged

إِن تُجِدَّ الوِصالَ مِنكَ فَإِنّا

قَبَّحَ اللَهُ بَعدَها مَن خَدَعتا

If you intend to reconcile, we

May God disfigure whoever deceived after this

مِن كَلامٍ تَهُذُّهُ وَبِحَلفٍ

فَلَعَمري فَرُبَّما قَد حَلَفتا

With words you mock and oaths

By my life that you have perhaps sworn

ثُمَّ لَم توفِ إِذ حَلَفتَ بِعَهدٍ

بِئسَ ذو مَوضِعِ الأَمانَةِ أَنتا

Then you did not fulfill when you swore an oath

Wretched are you in matters of loyalty