1. ظالِمي في كُلِّ حَالِ

    عَاشِقٌ هَجْرَ وِصالِي

    My tormentor, in every circumstance,

    Loves to forsake union with me.

  2. تائِهٌ يَزْدادُ تِيهاً

    عِنْدَ ذُلِّي في سُؤَالِي

    Haughty, he grows still haughtier

    When I abase myself in pleading.

  3. أَيُّها السَّائِلُ عَنِّي

    وَهْوَ يَدْرِي سُوءَ حالِي

    O you who ask about me,

    Though he knows my wretched state:

  4. سَوْفَ أَسْلوُ وَبَعيدٌ

    بَيْنَ قَوْلِي وَفِعالِي

    I shall cease to pine—yet wide is the gap

    Between my words and my deeds.