1. حسِبتُم هذه الدنيا

    تضيق برحبها عنا

    You thought this world

    was too narrow for us, despite its vastness.

  2. فصرتم كلما جئنا

    نفرتم جهرةً منا

    So whenever we came,

    you openly recoiled from us.

  3. أسأتم إذ تبرّمتم

    بهذا المغرم المضنى

    You did wrong when you grew exasperated

    with this worn-out lover.

  4. وجرتم حين غيّرتم

    بصدق ولائهِ الظنا

    And you were unjust when you changed

    your opinion of the sincerity of his devotion.

  5. ولو أنصفتمو قلتم

    أديبٌ يعبدُ الحسنا

    And had you been fair, you would have said:

    “A man of letters who worships the fair one.”