هَلّا اِرعَوَيتِ فَتَرحَمي صَبّا

صَديانَ لَم تَدَعي لَهُ قَلبا

Will you not have mercy, morning breeze?

You left no heart for this devoted lover.

لا تَحسَبي حَظّاً خَصَصتِ بِهِ

رَجُلاً سَلَبتِ فُؤادَهُ غَصبا

Think not I've gained when I took by force

A man whose heart you had already robbed.

جَشِمَ الزِيارَةَ عَن مَوَدَّتِكُم

فَأَرادَ أَن لا تَحقَدي ذَنبا

He shunned visiting, resenting your love,

Wishing you'd bear no grudge for his sin.

وَرَجا مُصالَحَةً فَكانَ لَكُم

سِلماً وَكُنتِ تَرَينَهُ حَربا

He sought peace, submitting himself to you,

Though you saw him always a foe in war.

يا أَيُّها المُصفى مَوَدَّتَهُ

مَن لا يَزالُ مُسامِتاً خِطبا

O you whose love is pure, blame him not

If he importunes you with constant plea.

لا تَجعَلَن أَحَداً عَلَيكَ إِذا

أَحبَبتَهُ وَهَوَيتَهُ رَبّا

Let no one come between if you love one,

Making him the lord of your soul sincere.

وَصِلِ الحَبيبَ إِذا كَلِفتَ بِهِ

وَاِطوِ الزِيارَةَ دونَهُ غِبّا

Visit your beloved, though busy you be,

Rather than stay from him long absentee.

فَلَذاكَ خَيرٌ مِن مُواظَبَةٍ

لَيسَت تَزيدُكَ عِندَهُ قُربا

For that is better than frequenting

One who gains no intimacy thereby.

لا بَل يَمَلُّكَ حينَ تَطلُبُهُ

فَيَقولُ هاهَ وَطالَما لَبّى

Nay, he will soon weary if you pursue,

Saying, “Enough! How often have you sued!"