1. إِصلاحُ قلبِكَ أَعياني فأَحْيَاني

    واليأسُ منكَ إلى السّلوانِ أَلْجانِي

    Mending your heart exhausted me, then revived me.

    And despair of you drove me toward forgetfulness.

  2. كم ذا التّجنّي وَما ذَنبي إليكَ سِوى

    حُبّي فَصَفحاً عَنِ المُستَغْفِرِ الجَاني

    How long this unjust blame? What is my sin against you, save

    My love? Then pardon the guilty one who seeks forgiveness.

  3. هَواكَ أَخطَأَني قَصدِي وكُنتُ أَرى

    أَنَّ الهَوى مِنكَ يُدنِيني فأَقْصاني

    In loving you, my aim failed me, and I had thought

    That love would draw me near to you, but it drove me away.

  4. أَغراكَ ظَنُّكَ أَنّي لا يُطاوِعُنِي

    قَلبي إِذا سُمْتُهُ صَبراً بِهجْرانِي

    Your belief emboldened you—that I would not be obeyed

    By my heart when I bade it endure your forsaking me.

  5. وَلَستُ أُنكرُ مِنهُ فَرطَ صبوتِهِ

    لَكِنَّهُ عَن هَوىً بالهُونِ يَنْهانِي

    And I do not deny its excessive passion,

    But it restrains me from love that brings humiliation.