1. أَسْخَطْتَنِي فَرضيتُ من كَلَفٍ

    ولربّما رضِيَ الّذي غَضِبا

    You angered me, yet I was content out of passionate love.

    And often one who was angry has grown content.

  2. وبَسَمْتَ يومَ البين من عَجَبٍ

    فأريتَ من بَرْدِ اللَّمى شَنَبا

    And you smiled on the day of parting, in wonder,

    Revealing gleaming teeth behind your cool, dusky lips.

  3. وَظَلمتَ في هجري بلا سببٍ

    وَلَقد طَلبتَ فَلَم تَجِد سَببا

    And you wronged me by forsaking me without cause,

    And indeed you sought one, but found no cause.

  4. وَلَقد وَهبتُ فَما رَجعتُ لَكم

    قَلبي وَكَم رجع الّذي وَهَبا

    And indeed I gave you—and never took back—

    My heart; how often has a giver reclaimed his gift!

  5. وَبَلَغتُمُ عِندِي مآربكم

    عفواً ولم أبلغ بكم أَرَبا

    And you attained your desires through me,

    Without effort, yet through you I attained no desire.

  6. وَأَعَنْتُمُ عَمداً وَعَن خطأٍ

    غِيَرَ الزّمان عليَّ والنُّوَبا

    And you aided—deliberately and by mistake—

    Time's vicissitudes and calamities against me.

  7. وَوصِبْتُ مِنكم ثمَّ مِن يَدكمْ

    طولَ الزّمانِ وَلَم أَكن وَصِبا

    And I fell ill because of you, then at your hand,

    For all this time, though I had not been ill before.

  8. وَإِذا اِلتفَتّ إِلى سمائِكُمُ

    تَهْمِي عليَّ وتُمطِرُ العَجَبا

    And whenever I turn toward your sky,

    It pours upon me and rains down wonders.

  9. أَلفيتُ صفوي كلَّه كَدِراً

    وَوجدتُ جِدّي كلَّه لَعِبا

    I found all my serenity clouded,

    And found all my earnestness turned to play.