1. نَطَقَ البُكا بِهَوىً هُوَ الحَقُّ

    وَمَلَكتَني فَليَهنِكَ الرِقُّ

    Weeping has spoken of a love that is true.

    And you have possessed me—may my bondage delight you.

  2. فَاِرفُق بِقَلبي يا مُعَذِّبَهُ

    ظُلماً وَلَيسَ لِظالِمٍ رِفقُ

    So be gentle with my heart, O you who torment it

    Unjustly—yet an oppressor has no gentleness.

  3. وَإِذا غَضِبتَ فَلَم تُكَلِّمني

    ضاقَت عَلَيَّ الأَرضُ وَالأُفقُ

    And when you grow angry and do not speak to me,

    The earth and the horizon close in upon me.