1. You see me desiring you - no, by Him
Who has raised you! - while I live faithful.
١. تراني سلوتكَ لا والذي
يرقيكَ ما عِشتَ لي واصلا
2. Do I not have witnesses of my passion
Who show you truly a wasted body?
٢. أما ليَ من عَبرتي شاهدٌ
يريكَ بلى بدناً ناحلا
3. And from sorrow for you I have left
The thorn-bushes occupied with my sighs.
٣. ومن حَسرةٍ تركت لِلحشا
بزَفرَتِها شُغلاً شاغِلا
4. Do you not know my state? Yet I think
Your repulses of me are deadly.
٤. أتجهلُ ما بي ولكنَّني
أظنُّ صدودَكَ لي قاتِلا