تركتَ مكاتبتي عامداً

تركتَ مكاتبتي عامداً

وإنْ كانَ ذاكَ يُلَطِّي أذاكا

وإنْ كانَ ذاكَ يُلَطِّي أذاكا

You deliberately stopped writing to me,

You left off writing me intentionally

even if that conceals your hurt.

Though that was wounding my feelings

فلي غيرةٌ مِنْ رسولٍ سعى

فلي غيرةٌ مِنْ رسولٍ سعى

إليكَ وقدْ كنتُ أولى بذاكا

إليكَ وقدْ كنتُ أولى بذاكا

I am jealous of a messenger who hastened

Yet I have the jealousy of a messenger who hastened

to you, though I had more right to do so.

To you when I was more deserving of that