1. لمّا رَأوْا وجْدِي بهم تَجرَّمُوا

    وأَلزَمُوني الذّنبَ والجاني هُمُ

    When they saw my longing for them, they found fault with me,

    and laid the blame on me, though they were the guilty ones.

  2. قالُوا اِستَزارَ طيفَنَا تَبّاً لَهُ

    من مُغرَمٍ وهَل ينامُ المغرَمُ

    They said: He invited our phantom to visit—damn him

    for a lover! Does a lover ever sleep?

  3. أَينَ شهودُ ما أدَّعَى مِن حُبِّنا

    أَينَ السّهادُ والجَوى والسّقَمُ

    Where are the witnesses to his claimed love for us?

    Where are sleeplessness, burning anguish, and sickness?

  4. أَينَ دموعٌ كُلَّما غيَّضْتُها

    تَدفَّقَتْ ومازَجَ الدّمعَ دَمُ

    Where are tears that, whenever I stemmed them,

    poured forth, and blood mingled with the tears?

  5. أَخفَى الملالُ عنهُمُ ما بِيَ مِن

    بَرْحِ قِلاهُمُ والمَلالُ أبكَمُ

    Weariness hid from them what ails me:

    the torment of their aversion; weariness is mute.

  6. كذَبتُ فِيهِم ما رَأَيتُ مِن قِلىً

    فلِمْ أطاعُوا فِيَّ ما تَوهَّموا

    I denied the aversion I saw in them;

    so why did they heed what they imagined about me?