1. اجعل فؤادي دواةً والمدادَ دمي

    وهاك فابرِ عظامي موضعَ القَلَمِ

    Make my heart an inkwell and my blood the ink.

    And take these: sharpen my bones in place of the pen.

  2. وامدد جفونيَ قرطاساً فإن ألِمَت

    ممّا تخطُّ فزد في ذلك الألَمِ

    And spread my eyelids out as paper; if they ache

    From what you inscribe, then add to that pain.

  3. ياذا الذي أضحك العُذّال بي وبكوا

    ممّا بقلبي وعينيه من السَّقِمِ

    O you who made the censurers laugh at me—and they wept

    At the sickness in my heart and in his eyes.

  4. ترى العواذل لم يدروا بمن دنفي

    وأنت أشهرُ في الديوان من عَلَمِ

    Do you think the censurers did not know for whom I am lovesick,

    When you are more renowned in the divan than a banner?