1. أَيا تارِكي بِالصَدِّ أُضنى وَأُنهَكُ

    سَفَكتَ دَماً لَولاكَ ما كانَ يُسفَكُ

    O you who leave me languishing and exhausted through rejection,

    You shed blood that, but for you, would never have been shed.

  2. وَأَلزَمتَني وَكساً كَأَنِّيَ بَهرَجٌ

    وَما أَنا مِنهُ خالِصٌ حينَ أُسبَكُ

    And you made me bear a loss in value, as though I were debased coin,

    Yet what I am made of is pure when I am melted down.

  3. فَلَمّا رَأَيتَ السُخطَ قَد قَطَّعَ الرِضا

    وَلَم يَبقَ إِنصافٌ بِهِ أَتَمَسَّكُ

    So when you saw that displeasure had torn contentment apart,

    And no fairness remained for me to cling to,

  4. ثَنَيتُ عِنانَ العَتبِ عَنكَ لِأَنَّهُ

    رِضا المُتَجَنّي غايَةٌ لَيسَ تُدرَكُ

    I turned the reins of reproach away from you, because

    The approval of an unjust accuser is a goal beyond reach.