1. قضى قدُّهُ جُورا بتمليكُ مهجتي

    فللّه قاض يرشُقُ الجور بالعدل

    His stature unjustly decreed that my soul be his;

    By God, what a judge, pelting injustice with justice!

  2. ودمعي عدلٌ في هواهُ مُبرّزٌ

    بخدّي ولم يعطف على ذلك العدل

    And my tears are a proven, upright witness to my love for him,

    Upon my cheek—yet he showed that witness no compassion.