1. أي المشاعر في الدماء تدفقت

    حين التقينا بعد هجر مؤلم

    What feelings surged through my blood

    When we met after a painful estrangement?

  2. وأبى السلام أبيته من قبل أن

    يدنو يمر علي غير مُسلم

    And he refused a greeting; I had refused it before he

    Drew near, passing me without a greeting.

  3. وكذا تشابه في الخصام شعورنا

    كأمس في وصل وحب مفعم

    And so our feelings were alike in discord,

    As yesterday, in union and overflowing love.

  4. أعطيته ظهري وكم ملك الذي

    في الصدر من قلب توهج بالدم

    I turned my back on him—yet how completely he owned the

    Heart in my breast, glowing with blood!

  5. ووقفت صامتة أحرك في يدي

    مفتاح بيتي أو أساور معصمي

    And I stood silent, turning in my hand

    My house key, or the bracelets on my wrist.

  6. وخشيت أن أرنو إليه وطالما

    أغرت عيني في سماه المظلم

    And I feared to gaze at him, though so often

    I had sunk my eyes into his dark sky.

  7. ورجعت حتى لو تلمس إصبعي

    لهويت فوق الأرض كالمتحطم

    And I drew back—had he so much as touched my finger,

    I would have fallen to the ground like one shattered.

  8. كم أمنيات عربدت في خاطري

    لو أنني حققتها لم أسلم

    How many wishes ran riot in my mind!

    Had I fulfilled them, I would not have escaped unscathed.

  9. فلو استطعت علي الخدود صفعته

    ثم انثنيت بقبلتين على الفم

    For had I been able, I would have slapped him on the cheeks,

    Then bent to give him two kisses on the mouth.

  10. ولو استطعت سخرت منه, شتمته

    وركعت فوق خطاه كالمتندم

    And had I been able, I would have mocked him, insulted him,

    And knelt upon his footprints like one remorseful.

  11. يا أنت لا تغتر لست ملومة

    أهواك حب الأم لابن مجرم

    O you, do not flatter yourself; I am not to blame:

    I love you with a mother's love for a criminal son.