1. لَو كنت تنصفُ في الهوى ما بيننا

    لم تهوَ جاريتي ولم تتخيّرِ

    If you were fair in the love between us,

    You would not have loved my maidservant, nor chosen her.

  2. وَتركتَ غصناً مثمراً بجماله

    وجنحتَ للغصنِ الذي لم يثمرِ

    And you forsook a branch fruitful in its beauty,

    And inclined toward the branch that bore no fruit.

  3. ولقد علمت بأنّني بدر السما

    لَكن دهيت لشقوتي بالمشتري

    You knew full well that I am the full moon of the sky,

    But, to my misfortune, you were smitten with Jupiter.