1. سَيِّدي رِفقاً وإن أص

    بَحتَ لا تَعرفُ رِفقا

    My lord, be gentle, though you have come

    to know no gentleness.

  2. أَكَذا طالَت بِكَ الغَف

    لَةِ عَما بتُّ أَلقَى

    Have you remained heedless so long

    of what I have been enduring by night?

  3. هُو حَتفُ النَّفسِ لا شك

    كَ فلِم سمَّوهُ عِشقا

    It is the soul’s death, no doubt—

    so why did they call it love?

  4. حَلَّ بي ما كُنتُ مِنه

    أَتَوقَّا يا مُوقَّى

    What has befallen me is what I used to

    guard against, O protected one!