1. أخذت قلبي العليل وسارت

    فانطوى القلب تحت ذيل رداها

    She took my ailing heart and set off.

    So the heart lay folded beneath the hem of her cloak.

  2. جذبت عقلي الكليل وطارت

    فمضى يقطع الفجاج وراها

    She drew my weary mind and took flight.

    So it went on, crossing the mountain passes behind her.

  3. حكمت بي فعذبتني وجارت

    وأنا لم أزل أسير هواها

    She ruled over me, then tormented me and wronged me.

    Yet I remain a captive of love for her.

  4. كم لغيري بدولة اللطف جارت

    وكوتني ظلماً بنار جفاها

    How often, in kindness’s reign, she inclined toward others,

    And unjustly seared me with the fire of her coldness.