1. آهاً لِقَلبٍ مُوجَعِ

    مِن لَوعَةٍ لَم يُقلِعِ

    Ah, for an aching heart,

    that has not escaped burning anguish.

  2. يَشُبُّها في كَبِدي

    فَيضُ سَحابِ أَدمُعي

    It is stoked within my liver

    by the downpour from the cloud of my tears.

  3. يا مَن جَفَوني فَجُفو

    ني بَعدَهُم لَم تَهجَعِ

    O you who shunned me, my eyelids

    have not slept since their departure.

  4. أَفرَشتُموا بِبَينِكُم

    شَوكَ القَتادِ مَضجَعي

    With your parting, you have strewn

    the thorns of the qatād bush upon my bed.

  5. يا عاذِلي في حُبِّهِم

    بِسَلوَتي لا تَطمَعِ

    O you who reproach me for loving them,

    do not hope that I will forget them.

  6. لا تَحسَبَن قَلبِيَ مُذ

    فارَقتُ أَحبابي مَعي

    Do not think my heart—since

    I parted from my loved ones—is with me.

  7. يا كَبِدي الحَرّى عَلى

    فِراقِهِم تَقَطَّعي

    O my burning liver, over

    their parting, tear yourself apart!