1. أَلا يا وَيحَ قَلبي للشْ

    شَبابِ الغَضِّ إذْ وَلَّى

    Ah, alas for my heart, for

    tender youth, when it departed!

  2. جَعلتُ الغَيَّ سِربالي

    وكان الرُّشدُ بي أَوْلى

    I made waywardness my robe,

    though right guidance was more fitting for me.

  3. بِنَفْسي جائرٌ في الحك

    مِ يُلفَى جَورُهُ عَدلا

    I would give my life for one unjust in judgment,

    whose injustice is deemed justice.

  4. وليسَ الشَّهدُ في فيهِ

    بأحلى عندهُ منْ لا

    And honey in his mouth is not

    any sweeter to him than 'No.'