1. يا جُفوناً سَواهِراً أَعدَمَتها

    لَذَّةَ النَومِ وَالرُقادِ جُفونُ

    O sleepless eyelids, robbed

    of the sweetness of sleep and slumber by other eyes!

  2. أَينَ مِنكَ الدِماءُ قَد نَفِدَ الدَم

    عُ الَّذي مِنكَ يَمتَريهِ الحَنينُ

    Where is your blood? The tear has already run dry—

    the one that longing wrings from you.

  3. بَلِيَ الجِسمُ لَكِنِ الشَوقُ حَيٌّ

    لَيسَ يَبلى وَلَيسَ تَبلى الشُجونُ

    The body has wasted away, but longing lives,

    never wasting away, nor do sorrows fade.

  4. إِنَّ لِلَّهِ في العِبادِ مَنايا

    سَلَّطَتها عَلى القُلوبِ العُيونُ

    Truly, God has deaths among His servants—

    the eyes have unleashed them upon hearts.