1. لَو كانَ قَولُكَ مُت ما كانَ رَدّي لا

    يا جائِرَ الحِكمِ أَفديهِ بِمَن عَدَلا

    If your command were “Die,” my reply would not be “No.”

    O unjust judge, whom I would ransom with one who is just!

  2. أَبدَيتَ لي مِن أَفانينِ القِلى عِبَراً

    أَرسَلنَني في أَحاديثِ الهَوى مَثَلا

    You showed me lessons in the many arts of hatred,

    Which made me a byword in the tales of love.

  3. لَم تُبقِ جارِحَةً بِالهَجرِ مِن جَسَدي

    إِلّا خَلَعتَ عَلَيها بِالضَنى حُلَلا

    Through abandonment, you left no limb of my body

    Without clothing it in robes of wasting sickness.

  4. فَليُغنِ كَفَّكَ أَنّي بَعضُ مَن مَلَكَت

    وَلِيَكفِ طَرفَكَ أَنّي بَعضُ مَن قَتَلا

    So let your hand be content that I am among those it owns;

    And let your gaze be content that I am among those it has slain.

  5. وَلَتَقضِ ما شِئتَ مِن هَجرٍ وَمِن صِلَةٍ

    لا أَقضِ ما عِشتُ سُلواناً وَلا مَلَلا

    And decree what you wish—estrangement or union;

    May I never, while I live, choose forgetfulness or weariness.

  6. سَقياً لِعَهدِكَ وَالأَيّامُ تُقبِلُني

    وَجهَ السُرورِ بِهِ جَذلانَ مُقتَبِلا

    May rain bless those days with you, when the days presented me

    With the face of joy, as I rejoiced in it and welcomed it.

  7. إِذِ الزَمانُ بَليغٌ في مُساعَدَتي

    يُهدي إِلَيَّ تَفاريقَ المُنى جُمَلا

    When Time was eloquent in coming to my aid,

    Bringing me the scattered parts of my wishes all together.

  8. إِن كانَ لي أَمَلٌ إِلّا رِضاكَ فَلا

    بُلِّغتُ يا أَمَلي مِن دَهري الأَمَلا

    If I have any hope but your favor, then may I never

    Be granted my hope in my lifetime, O my hope.