1. قَريح القَلب موثقهُ

    هَمول الدَمع مطلقهُ

    His heart is wounded and fettered;

    his tears pour copiously, unrestrained.

  2. يَكفكف مِن سَوافِحِهِ

    سَوابقها وَتَسبقهُ

    He wipes away, from his streaming tears,

    their first drops, yet they outpace him.

  3. وَأَغيد لَم يَدَع بِالصَد

    لي صَبراً فَانفقهُ

    And a graceful youth, by shunning me, left

    me no patience to spend.

  4. وَلا تَرك البُكا دَمعاً

    لِأَجفاني أُرقرقهُ

    Nor has weeping left a tear

    for me to make shimmer on my eyelids.

  5. لَهُ وَجه لِنَضرَتِهِ

    يَكاد يَسيل رَونَقَهُ

    He has a face so fresh

    that its radiance almost flows.

  6. ظَلوم لَم يَزَل أَبَداً

    يُعَذِبُني وَأعشقَهُ

    Cruel, he has never ceased

    tormenting me, yet I adore him.

  7. تَذيب القَلب جُفوَتَهُ

    إِذا أَحياهُ مَنطِقهُ

    His coldness melts the heart

    whenever his speech revives it.

  8. أَقول وَقَد تَقاضاني ال

    أَسى قَلباً يَحرّقهُ

    I say, as I am pressed by

    sorrow for a heart it can burn:

  9. إِلّا مَن لي بِقَلب يَشتَفي

    مِنهُ ممزقهُ

    But who can give me a heart to satisfy

    the one who tears it apart?