1. إنَّي لأَحسِبُ أن سأُمسِي مَيتاً

    أو سَوفَ أُصبِحُ ثُمَّ لا أُمسي

    Indeed, I think I shall be dead by evening,

    Or live to see morning, then not live to see evening,

  2. مِن حُبِّ جاريةِ الجُنَيدِ وبُغضِهِ

    وكِلاهُمَا قَاضٍ علَى نَفسي

    From love of al-Junayd’s slave girl and hatred of him.

    And both spell the end of my life.

  3. فَكِلاهُما يُشفَى بِهِ سَقَمِي

    فإذا تَكَلَّمَ عَادَ لي نُكسِي

    For through each of them my sickness is cured;

    Then, when he speaks, my illness returns.