1. Too scarce from you is kindness
Too long from you is tyranny
١. قلَّ منكَ التعطفُ
طالَ منكَ التَّعسفُ
2. How can I forget you when memory
Of you keeps grief always burning?
٢. كيفَ أنساكَ والفؤا
دُ بذكراكَ مدنفُ
3. How many a brother of sigh sighs
In longing for you, pining, yearning!
٣. كم أخو زفرةٍ يطو
لُ عليكَ التلهفُ
4. Long have I spread affection's wing for you
Were you to do me justice, discerning.
٤. طالَ ما أنشر الهوى الط
طيّ لو كنتَ تنصِفُ