1. أَنا في لَوعَةٍ وَحُزنٍ شَديدِ

    لَيسَ عِندي لِلَوعَةٍ مِن مَزيدِ

    I am in burning anguish and deep sorrow.

    There is no room in me for further anguish.

  2. بِأَبي شادِنٌ تَنَسَّمتُ مِن عَي

    نَيهِ يَومَ الخَميسِ ريحَ الصُدودِ

    My father be ransom for a young gazelle; from his eyes I breathed

    on Thursday the breeze of rejection.

  3. صارَ ذَنبي كَذَنبِ آدَمَ يا عَم

    رُو فَأُخرِجتُ مِن جِنانِ الخُلودِ

    My sin became like Adam’s sin, O ʿAmr,

    so I was expelled from the gardens of eternity.

  4. أَنا أَفدي ساجي الجُفونِ يُسَمّى

    وَيُكَنّى بِبَعضِ عَبدِ الحَميدِ

    I would ransom the one with languid eyelids, who is named

    and given a byname with part of ‘ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd.’