1. صددتِ بلا جرمٍ صدودَ قطيعةٍ

    وعندكِ أنّي لا أجازيكِ بالصدِّ

    You turned away, though I had done no wrong, severing our ties.

    And you think I will not repay you with rejection.

  2. وغرّكِ أنّي في إِسارٍ من الهوى

    وَكَم فَلتَ المأسورُ من حَلَقِ القِدِّ

    And you were misled by my being in love’s captivity.

    Yet how often a captive has escaped the loops of a leather thong!

  3. فَلا تَطلبِي ما ليس عندي تعنّتاً

    سيكفيك منِّي لو تأمّلتِ ما عندي

    So do not obstinately demand what I do not have;

    If you reflected, what I have to offer would be enough for you.