1. قلتُ للقَلبِ مَنْ دَهاكَ أجِبني

    قالَ لي بائعُ الفَراني فَرَاني

    I said to the heart, “Who has afflicted you? Answer me.”

    It said to me, “The seller of oven-baked loaves tore me.

  2. ناظِراهُ فيما جنى ناظِراه

    أوْدَعاني أمُتْ بِما أوْدَعاني

    You two, challenge him over what his two eyes have wrought,

    Or leave me to die of what they have lodged in me.

  3. كنْتُ في الحُبِّ ذا انبساطٍ ولكِنْ

    كاشِحٌ من بَني الزَّواني زَواني

    I was open-hearted in love, but

    A spiteful man among the sons of harlots made me shrink.”