1. سَرى ذا الهَمّ بَل طَرَقا

    فَبِتُّ مُسَهَّداً قَلِقا

    This sorrow journeyed by night—nay, came calling;

    so I spent the night sleepless and restless.

  2. كَذاكَ الحُبُّ مِمّا يُحـ

    ـدِثُ التَسهيدَ والأَرَقا

    Such is love, among the things that bring

    on sleeplessness and insomnia.

  3. قَطوفُ المَشي إِذ تَمشي

    تَرى في مَشيِها خَرَقا

    Slow of gait when she walks,

    you see awkwardness in her gait;

  4. وَتُثقِلُها عَجيزَتُها

    إِذا وَلَّت لِتَنطَلِقا

    and her buttocks weigh her down

    when she turns away to set off.