1. أحْفَظتُمُ قَلبي بِغَدْرِكُمُ

    والقلبُ أدْنَى الغَدْرِ يُحفِظُهُ

    You angered my heart with your betrayal;

    and the slightest betrayal angers the heart.

  2. وأَضَعتُمُ عَهدَ الهوَى وبِهِ

    أقْسَمتُ أَن لا زِلتُ أحْفَظُهُ

    And you cast aside love's covenant, by which

    I swore I would never cease to keep it.

  3. وظَنَنْتُمُ وجْدي يُكفِّرُ ما

    أصبحتُ أسمَعُهُ وألحَظُهُ

    And you thought my passion would atone for what

    I now hear and see.

  4. هَبْ أَنّكُم ماءٌ وبِي ظمأٌ

    أفَلَسْتُ عند قَذَاهُ ألْفظُهُ

    Suppose you are water and I am thirsty—

    would I not, then, spit it out when it contains filth?