1. عَادَيتَنِي حين عاديتُ الورَى فِيكَا

    هَجْرُ القِلَى والتَّجنّي كان يَكفيكَا

    You turned against me when I turned against all mankind for your sake.

    Hateful estrangement and unjust reproach would have sufficed you.

  2. أَحِينَ خَالفتُ فيكَ الخلقَ كلَّهُمُ

    أطعتَ بِي واشِياً بالهجرِ يُغرِيكَا

    Was it when I opposed all people for your sake

    that you heeded a slanderer against me, urging you to forsake me?

  3. تُصدِّقِ الطيفَ يَسعى بي فتهجُرُني

    وأُكذِبُ العينَ فيما عايَنت فيكَا

    You believe the dream-phantom that slanders me, and so forsake me,

    while I disbelieve my own eye about what it has seen in you.

  4. نَزِّه محاسِنَك اللاّتي خُصِصْتَ بها

    عَمَّا يَشينُ وما يهواهُ شَانِيكَا

    Keep your charms, bestowed especially upon you, unsullied

    by what brings disgrace and what your enemy desires.

  5. أغضيتُ منكَ على جمرِ الغَضَا زمناً

    وخلتُ أنَّ الرِّضا بالجَوْرِ يُرضيكَا

    For a time I silently endured the embers of ghada wood from you,

    and thought that accepting injustice would please you.

  6. فما نَهاكَ وَلُوعي عن مُبَاعَدتِي

    ولا ثَنَاك خُضوعي عن تَعدّيكَا

    Yet my ardent devotion did not deter you from keeping me at a distance,

    nor did my submission turn you from your wrongdoing.

  7. باللهِ يا غُصنَ بَانٍ حَامِلاً قَمَراً

    صِلْ مُغرَماً بك يُغريهِ تَجنّيكَا

    By God, O ban-tree bough bearing a moon,

    grant union to one enamored of you, whom your unjust reproaches entice.

  8. يَدنُو وهجرُكَ يُقْصِيهِ ويُبعدهُ

    وتَنْثَنِي عَنهُ والأشواقُ تُدنيكا

    He draws near, while your estrangement keeps him distant and drives him away;

    and you turn away from him, while longings draw you near.

  9. سكرانَ في الحبِّ لا يَدري أسكرتُهُ

    لِسِحْر عيْنيكَ أم للخَمرِ من فيكا

    Drunk with love, he cannot tell whether his intoxication

    comes from the magic of your eyes or the wine from your mouth.