1. إِلى اللَهُ أَشكو أَنَّ فَوزاً تَغَيَّرَت

    وَحالَت عَنَ العَهدِ القَديمِ فَأَنهَجا

    To God I complain that Fawz has changed,

    and turned away from the old pledge, so it grew threadbare.

  2. وَلَمّا رَأَت حِرصي عَلَيها تَحَرَّجَت

    وَحُقَّ عَلى المَعشوقِ أَن يَتَحَرَّجا

    And when she saw my eagerness for her, she held back out of scruple;

    and it is fitting for the beloved to hold back out of scruple.

  3. وَقَد حَسِبَت ذَنباً عَلَيَّ تَزَوُّجي

    فَقُلتُ كِلانا مُذنِبٌ قَد تَزَوَّجا

    And she has deemed my marriage a sin on my part;

    so I said: We are both guilty; both have married.

  4. كِلانا عَلى ما كانَ مِن ذاكَ مُكرَهٌ

    يُحاوِلُ أَمراً لَم يَجِد مِنهُ مَخرَجا

    Each of us was forced into what came to pass,

    struggling with a matter from which he found no escape.

  5. كِلانا مَشوقٌ أَنضَجَ الشَوقُ قَلبَهُ

    يُعالِجُ جَمراً في الحَشا مُتَأَجِّجا

    Each of us is filled with longing; longing has seared his heart,

    and he struggles with embers blazing in his breast.