يَقولونَ أَنّي لَستُ أَصدُقُكِ الهَوى

وَإِنِّيَ لا أَرعاكِ حينَ أَغيبُ

They say I don't truthfully love you

And that I don't watch over you when I'm absent

فَما بالُ طَرفي عَفَّ عَمّا تَساقَطَت

لَهُ أَعيُنٌ مِن مَعشَرٍ وَقُلوبُ

So why have my eyes refused what has fallen

For it there are eyes from a group and hearts

عَشِيَّةَ لا يَستَنكِرُ القَومُ أَن يَرَوا

سَفاهَ حِجىً مِمَّن يُقالُ لَبيبُ

One evening the people don't find it odd to see

The foolishness of a discussion from one said to be sensible

تَرَوَّحَ يَرجو أَن تُحَطَّ ذُنوبُهُ

فَآبَ وَقَد زادَت عَلَيهِ ذُنوبُ

He went out to walk hoping his sins would be lifted

But he returned and his sins had increased against him

وَما النُسكُ أَسلاني وَلَكِنَّ لِلهَوى

عَلى العَينِ مِنّي وَالفُؤادِ رَقيبُ

Devotion hasn't made me forget, but love

Has a guardian over my eye and my heart