1. عَذّبْتِ رِقّةَ قلبي

    ظلماً بقسْوَةِ قَلْبِكْ

    You tormented my heart's tenderness

    unjustly, with the hardness of your heart.

  2. وَسِمْتِ جسميَ سقماً

    وما شفيتِ بطبّك

    And you afflicted my body with sickness,

    and did not heal me with your medicine.

  3. أسخطْتُ كلّ عدُوٍّ

    رَضِيْتِهِ لمُحِبّك

    I angered every enemy

    you approved of for your lover.

  4. من لي بصبْرٍ جميلٍ

    على رياضة صعبك

    Who will grant me gracious patience

    in taming your unruly nature?

  5. فيا تَشَوّقَ بُعْدي

    إلى تَنَسّمِ قُربك

    And oh, how my distance yearns

    to breathe the breeze of your nearness!

  6. أمَا ومُرْسَلٍ وَحْفٍ

    يُغْري بتقبيلِ كعبك

    Indeed, by flowing, luxuriant hair

    that entices one to kiss your ankle,

  7. وَوَجْنَةٍ غَمَسَتْها

    في الوَرْد صبغة ربك

    and by a cheek that has been dipped

    in roses by your Lord's dye:

  8. لَقَدْ جنحتُ لسلمي

    كما جنحتِ لحربِك

    I have indeed inclined toward my peace,

    as you have inclined toward your war.

  9. فبالدّلالِ الذي زا

    دَ في ملاحةِ عُجْبك

    So, by the coquetry that has added

    to the charm of your self-admiration,

  10. فُكّي من الأسرِ قلباً

    عليه طابَعُ حُبّك

    free from captivity a heart

    that bears the seal of your love,

  11. ونَعّمِيني بعُتبى

    فقد شقيتُ بِعَتْبِك

    and comfort me with reconciliation,

    for I have suffered from your reproach.