1. ابحت لنا عينيك للسفك والفتك

    وعن سكرة الحسن تضحك اذ نبكي

    You have given your eyes leave to shed our blood and slay us.

    And, intoxicated with beauty, you laugh while we weep.

  2. احارب فيك العاذلين ولم انل

    سوى الصدو الهجران منك او الضنك

    I battle the reproachers for your sake, yet have gained

    Nothing but rejection and abandonment from you, or distress.

  3. يصارعني آهي وانت مع النوى

    علي لقد صبرتني صائم الشك

    My sigh wrestles with me, while you and separation

    Are against me; indeed, you have made me endure, fasting in doubt.

  4. حفظت لك الود القديم وصنته

    برق وثيق محكم الصك والسبك

    I have preserved my longstanding affection for you and guarded it,

    With a binding parchment deed, securely drawn and wrought.

  5. وخضت مع الافاك في تهجما

    ويشرف ذو الاصل الشريف عن الافك

    And you joined the slanderer in attacking me,

    And one of noble lineage rises above falsehood.