ألمّ بها في حسنها وشبابها
كوردة بستان جنتها أناملهْ
She captivated him with her beauty and youth
Like a rose blossoming in the garden of paradise are her fingers
فلما مشى من قلبه نحو قلبها
رسول الهوى خابت لديه وسائلهْ
But when the messenger of love walked from his heart to hers
The ways to reach her failed him
دهاها وستر التيه أسبل دونها
فما زال حتى رفّع الستر سابله
He lured her and lowered the veil of confusion upon her
He did not stop until he lifted the hanging veil
ولو لم يحاول ذلك القلب باطشاً
لحال على رغم الخلافة حائله
And had his heart not attempted to seize hers by force
Obstacles would have stood in his way despite his power
غزالة واد في حبالة قانص
تُبت لغزلان الصريم حبائله
A gazelle of the valley in her bonds
Who used to entice the bucks with her snares
أقام الليالي وهي في قيد أسره
يغازلها لكنها لا تغازله
He spent the nights while she was in his captivity
He flirted with her but she did not flirt back
تضن ويسخو بالوداد وهكذا
يقابل قلب نافر من يقابله
She was vexed while he was generous with affection and so
A repulsed heart met the heart that faced it
قضاها له الظلم الذي كان قاضياً
وذلك عهد أظلم الناس عادله
Fate condemned her to him, that unjust judge
That was an era where the most unjust of people acted with justice
تقضي ربيع العمر في غير روضه
ومات وما ناحت عليه بلابله
She spent the springtime of her life not in a meadow
And he died without her warblers mourning him
فيا حسرتا للغصن يذبل وحدهُ
وتبقى عليه ناضرات غلائله
Oh what sorrow for the branch that withers alone
While vibrant tendrils remain upon it
تجاوز غايات الثلاثين جائز
أبحتُهُ لو انصفته عواذله
He exceeded the boundaries of his thirties
I would have deemed him worthy if his peers were fair to him
مضى حكمه لا أرجع الله حكمهُ
أواخره مذمومة وأوائله
His rule has passed, may God not restore his rule
The ends of it were disreputable, and the beginnings
