لَهْفِي على مَن أقمت عُذْرَهْ

لَهْفِي على مَن أقمت عُذْرَهْ

في الهجر لمّا أطال هَجرَهْ

في الهجر لمّا أطال هَجرَهْ

Alas for the one whose excuse I upheld

for forsaking me, when he prolonged his desertion.

أَذابَنِي فاقتصْصتُ منه

أَذابَنِي فاقتصْصتُ منه

بأنْ أذاب اللثام ثَغْرَه

بأنْ أذاب اللثام ثَغْرَه

He melted me, so I took my revenge on him

through kisses that melted his mouth.

فلو ترى ضِحْكَه ودَمْعي

فلو ترى ضِحْكَه ودَمْعي

وذِلّتي في الهوى وكِبْرَهْ

وذِلّتي في الهوى وكِبْرَهْ

If you could see his laughter and my tears,

and my abasement in love and his pride,

رأيتَ مستصحبَين راحَا

رأيتَ مستصحبَين راحَا

وحُزْن هذا لذا مَسَرَّه

وحُزْن هذا لذا مَسَرَّه

you would see two companions going their way,

with one's sorrow a joy to the other.

لو سكن الأُفْقَ مَنْ جفاني

لو سكن الأُفْقَ مَنْ جفاني

لخِلْتَهُ شمسَه وبدرَهْ

لخِلْتَهُ شمسَه وبدرَهْ

If the one who shunned me dwelt on the horizon,

I would deem him its sun and its full moon.