1. And I have said, when her estrangement was prolonged:
O Lord, I have no patience for the estrangement of Hind!

2. O Lord, she has cured me and weakened my bones,
And tried me, and increased me beyond my strength.

3. O Lord, You have burdened me with love’s heaviness,
O Lord, I have no patience, nor firmness in me.

4. I cling to her, she renews my estrangement,
That, by God, is from my wretched luck.

5. My love for her is no novel affair,
Men before and after me have loved.

6. May God make whoever I love but you,
Of all people, a ransom for your life.