1. صَدَّ عَني تَبَرُّماً وَتَمَلّا

    قَمَرٌ لاحَ في الدُجى وَتَجَلّى

    He turned away from me in vexation and boredom—

    a moon that appeared in the darkness and shone forth.

  2. أَسرَعَت عَينُهُ المَليحَةُ قَتلي

    لَم تَدَعني في الحُبِّ أَضنى وَأَبلى

    His lovely eye hastened my death;

    it did not leave me to languish and waste away in love.

  3. أَنا عَبدٌ لِسَيِّدٍ لِيَ جافٍ

    كُلَّما رُمتُ وَصلَهُ زادَ بُخلا

    I am a slave to a master who is cold to me;

    whenever I sought union with him, he grew more miserly.