1. أَينَ دَهائي وَالهَوى طالِبي

    تَيَّمَني حُبُّ أَبي طالِبِ

    Where is my cunning, when passion pursues me?

    Love of Abu Talib has enslaved me.

  2. قُلتُ لَهُ وَالسُقمُ قَد طالَ بي

    صِلني بِحَقِّ أَبي طالِبِ

    I said to him, as sickness had long afflicted me:

    Grant me union, for Abu Talib’s sake.