1. أفِي الحقِّ أنْ أخلفتنِي ما وعدتنِي

    ولم تَرَ منّي الدّهرَ في موعدٍ خُلفا

    Is it right that you have broken your promise to me,

    though you have never seen me break a promise,

  2. وتمنعني من رِفْدِ كفّك واحداً

    وأعطيك لا مَنّاً عليك به ألفْا

    and withhold from me a single gift from your hand,

    while I give you a thousand, without holding the favor over you?

  3. فإنْ كنتَ من داء الغرامِ مُصَحَّحاً

    فإنّ مريضاً بالهوى منك قد أشفى

    For if you are free of love's sickness,

    then one sick with passion because of you has come near death.

  4. وإِنْ بتَّ ملآنَ الجفونِ من الكرى

    فإنّ الّذي نازعتَه الغُمضَ ما أغفى

    And if you spend the night with eyelids full of sleep,

    then he with whom you contended for slumber has not dozed.

  5. وبي منك يا مَن لا صَبابةَ عنده

    منَ الحبِّ ما لا أَستطيع له وصفا

    And because of you, O you who feel no yearning, I bear

    a love I cannot describe.