إِنَّ الَّتي زَعَمَت فُؤادَكَ مَلَّها

إِنَّ الَّتي زَعَمَت فُؤادَكَ مَلَّها

خُلِقَت هَواكَ كَما خُلِقتَ هَوىً لَها

خُلِقَت هَواكَ كَما خُلِقتَ هَوىً لَها

Indeed, she who claimed your heart had grown weary of her

The one who captured your heart as her own

Was created to be your love, just as you were created to be hers.

Was created to be loved by you as you were created to love her

بَيضاءُ باكَرَها النَعيمُ فَصاغَها

بَيضاءُ باكَرَها النَعيمُ فَصاغَها

بِلُبانَةٍ فَأَرَقَّها وَأَجَلَّها

بِلُبانَةٍ فَأَرَقَّها وَأَجَلَّها

Fair-skinned, luxury came to her early and fashioned her

Fair and innocent in the bliss of her youth so she was formed

With desire, making her delicate and majestic.

With smoothness, thus she softened and gentled you

حَجَبَت تَحِيَّتَها فَقُلتُ لِصاحِبي

حَجَبَت تَحِيَّتَها فَقُلتُ لِصاحِبي

ما كانَ أَكثَرَها لَنا وَأَقَلَّها

ما كانَ أَكثَرَها لَنا وَأَقَلَّها

She withheld her greeting, so I said to my companion:

She veiled her greeting so I said to my companion

How plentiful it was for us—and how scant!

She was never much ours and but little hers

وَإِذا وَجَدتُ لَها وَساوِسَ سَلوَةٍ

وَإِذا وَجَدتُ لَها وَساوِسَ سَلوَةٍ

شَفَعَ الضَميرُ لَها إِليَّ فَسَلَّها

شَفَعَ الضَميرُ لَها إِليَّ فَسَلَّها

And whenever I sensed whispers of forgetting her,

And when I found in her the whispers of temptation

My inner self interceded with me for her and plucked them out.

My conscience interceded for her with me so I forgave her