1. يا قَتيلاً مِنْ يَدِه

    مَيّتاً مِنْ كمَدِهْ

    O one slain by his own hand,

    Dead from his anguish.

  2. قَدَحت لِلشّوْقِ ناراً

    عَيْنُهُ في كَبدِهْ

    A fire of longing was kindled

    By his eye within his liver.

  3. هائِمٌ يَبْكي عَلَيهِ

    رَحمةً ذُو حَسَدِه

    Lovelorn, he is wept over

    In pity by the one who envies him.

  4. كُلّ يَومٍ هُوَ فيهِ

    مُستعيذٌ مِنْ غَدِه

    Each day he lives through,

    He seeks refuge from its morrow.

  5. قلْبُهُ عِند الثريّا

    بائِنٌ عَنْ جَسَدِه

    His heart is by the Pleiades,

    Parted from his body.