1. كُلّ المشاعرِ في الحنايا مُرهَقةْ

    ونِهايةُ الآمالِ صارتْ مُحرِقة

    All feelings in the heart's recesses are weary.

    And the end of hopes has become searing.

  2. ذاكَ الذي أسكنْـتُهُ في خاطري

    وحلَفْتُ بالرحمنِ ألّا أُعتِقهْ

    That one whom I lodged in my thoughts,

    And swore by the Most Merciful not to set him free,

  3. ورفعتُهُ فوقَ السما وسكَبْتُ في

    عينيهِ حُبًا كالغيومِ المُغدِقة

    And raised him above the sky, and poured into

    His eyes love like clouds pouring abundantly,

  4. ووهبتهُ ثِقةً يعِزُّ مثيلُها

    ويلاهُ قد خانَ الفؤادَ ومزّقهْ

    And gave him trust whose equal is rare—

    Alas, he has betrayed the heart and torn it apart.

  5. لم أبكِ مِن أسَفي عليه وإنما

    أبكي على القلبِ الذي قد صدّقهْ

    I did not weep out of sorrow over him; rather,

    I weep for the heart that had believed him.

  6. واليوم أوصِدُ باب قلبي عازمًا

    أنّ الدروبَ إليهِ تبقى مُغلقة

    And today I shut the door of my heart, resolved

    That the paths to it shall remain closed.

  7. مهما تكسّرَ كل شيءٍ بيننا

    يومًا سيُجبرُ كسْرُهُ، إلاّ الثقةْ

    However much everything between us may shatter,

    One day its fracture will be mended—except for trust.