1. كم استغاث السقامُ من سقمي

    في ليلةٍ لم أنَم ولم أُنِمِ

    How often has sickness cried for relief from my sickness

    On a night when I neither slept nor let anyone sleep.

  2. ما زلتُ أبكي والليلُ مُعتكِرٌ

    حتّى بكت لي حنادسُ الظُّلَمِ

    I kept weeping while the night was murky,

    Until the depths of darkness wept for me.

  3. لا تنصحوني فإنني كَلِفٌ

    أرى نصيحي بعين مُتَّهِمِ

    Do not counsel me, for I am consumed by love;

    I regard my adviser with a suspicious eye.

  4. لم أرَ مثلَ الهوى له نِقَمٌ

    يذاق منها حلاوةُ النِّعَمِ

    I have seen nothing like love: it has torments

    From which the sweetness of blessings is tasted.