1. أُداري الناسَ عَمّا بي

    وَأُخفيهِ فَما يَخفى

    I hide from people what ails me,

    And I conceal it, yet it is not hidden.

  2. وَأَشتاقُ فَلا يَعل

    مُ إِلا اللَهُ ما أَلقى

    And I yearn—none knows

    But God what I endure—

  3. إِلى مَن زَيَّنَ اللَهُ

    بِهِ في عَينِيَ الدُنيا

    For the one through whom God

    Has beautified the world in my eyes;

  4. وَمَن أَهدى لِيَ العَتبَ

    فَأَهدَيتُ لَهُ العُتبى

    And who made me a gift of reproach,

    So I made him a gift of amends.

  5. إِذا ما غَضِبَ العاشِ

    قُ فَالغايَةُ أَن يَرضى

    When the lover grows angry,

    The aim is that he be appeased.

  6. أَلا مَن يَرحَمُ الظَمآ

    نَ يَستَسقي فَلا يُسقى

    Ah, who will pity the thirsty one,

    Who asks for water but is given none?