1. حَنَتْ تَقُودُ الدَّمعَ مِنْ مُقَلِي

    تَطُوفُ أَرْجَاءً مِنَ الأمَلِ

    She showed tenderness, drawing tears from my eyes,

    Wandering through realms of hope.

  2. تَشْكو فيَشْكُو القَلْبُ مَقْتَلَهُ

    مِنَ الَّتِي صَابَتْهُ بالْعِلَلِ

    She laments, so the heart laments its slaying

    By her who struck it with ailments.

  3. مَا بَالُهَا أَبْدَتْ مَودَتَهَا

    كأنّنَي قَدْ بِتُ فِي الْحُلَلِ

    Why did she reveal her affection,

    As though I had spent the night in fine robes?

  4. ثُمَّ الَّتِي مَا كُنْتُ أَعْرِفُهَا

    إخْلافُهَا أقْوَى مِنَ الْقَتْلِ

    Then she whom I had not known—

    Her breaking of promises is stronger than killing.

  5. حَطَّتْ عَلَى وَجْهِي ابْتِسَامَاتِ

    الرُّؤَى، وَلَمْ تُرِدْ سِوَى أَجَلِي

    She placed upon my face the smiles

    Of visions, yet she wanted only my death.

  6. مِنْ أَجْلِهَا قَدْ ثوُرتُ مُمْتَطِيًا

    قَلْبِي عَلَى سَحَابَةِ الْعَجَلِ

    For her sake I rose up, riding

    My heart upon a cloud of haste.

  7. أرْجُو التِقَاءَ الثَّغْرِ لِي يَومًا

    رَجَاءَ مَظْلُومٍ مِنَ الْأَزَلِ

    I hope to meet those lips one day,

    With the hope of one wronged from all eternity.

  8. حَنَّتْ لِغَيري فِي مَوَدَتِهَا

    حَنِينَ مَلْهُوفٍ بِلا عَقْلِ

    In her affection she yearned for someone other than me,

    With the longing of one distraught, bereft of reason.

  9. نَسَتْ قَبِيلَ السُّكْرِ عَرْبَدَةً

    قَلْبًا سَجِينًا فِي الْهَوَى مِثْلِي

    She forgot, just before drunkenness, in wild revelry,

    A heart imprisoned in love, like me.

  10. قَضَتْ بِهَجْرٍ مَا رَضَيْتُ بِهِ

    إذْ غُرْبَةٌ جَاءَتْ مَعَ الْعَزْلِ

    She decreed abandonment I did not consent to,

    For alienation came with isolation.

  11. لا تَقْتُلِي بِالْهَجْرِ مُحْتَرِقًا

    وَأَحْسِنِي إليْهِ بِالوَصْلِ

    Do not kill one aflame through abandonment,

    And be kind to him through reunion.