1. يا صُروفَ الدَّهرِ حَسْبي

    أَيُّ ذَنْبٍ كانَ ذَنْبي

    O vicissitudes of time, I have had enough!

    What sin was I guilty of?

  2. طَرَقَتْني نائباتُ الد

    دَهْر في إِعلالِ حبِّي

    I was visited by the calamities of

    time, in my beloved's illness.

  3. عِلَّةٌ عَمَّتْ وخَصَّتْ

    في حَبيبٍ ومُحِبِّ

    An affliction both universal and particular,

    in a beloved and a lover.

  4. دَبَّ في كَفَّيْهِ مَا مِنْ

    حُبِّهِ دبَّ بِقَلْبي

    Into his two palms crept what, from

    love for him, crept into my heart.

  5. فهو يَشكو حَرَّ حبٍّ

    واشتِكائِي حَرَّ حُبِّ

    So he complains of the burning of pustules,

    and my complaint is the burning of love.