1. وَمِنْ شَقْوتي أَنِّي بُليتُ بِشَادِنٍ

    يَتيهُ عَلى بَدْرِ الدُّجى بِضِيائِهِ

    And part of my misfortune is that I have been afflicted with a young gazelle,

    who, with his radiance, lords it over the full moon of night.

  2. إِذا ما رآه البَدْرُ ليلةَ تِمِّهِ

    تَحَيَّرَ منهُ البَدْرُ وَسْطَ سَمائِهِ

    When the full moon sees him on the night of its fullness,

    the full moon is bewildered by him in the midst of its sky.

  3. لَهُ عِزَّةُ الوالي عَلَيَّ وَتِيهُهُ

    وَلي ذِلَّةُ المَعْزولِ عِنْدَ لِقائِهِ

    He has a governor’s might and haughtiness over me,

    and I have the humiliation of a dismissed official when I meet him.