1. What shall I say, my father, and what shall I name
O eyes that did not describe to me and turned gloomy
١. ما أقول أنا لبيه .. وما أقول سمّى
ياعيونه اللي ما صفت لي وتكدّرت
2. O my companion with your palms my praise and blame
If being aloof was remiss, you did good to distance
٢. يا صاحبي بكفيك مدحي وذمّي
كان الجفا تقصير يا زين قصرت
3. O you who strewed with eyelash arrows my blood
If wounds have a balm, you would have been patient
٣. يا من نثر برماح الأهداب دمي
لو للجروح ضماد وصلٍ تصبّرت
4. No doubt you are the pupil of the eye, my lord
No, by Him who made you good and you grew arrogant
٤. لا شك ما انته يا دعج العين يمّي
لا والذي اطغاك زين وَتكَبّرت
5. My dark night is passion and I drank from the abundance of my worries
And the day my soul was sated from tears, I repelled
٥. ظامي هوى وشربت من فيض همّي
ويوم ارتوت روحي من الدمع صدرت