1. مُقلَةٌ قَرحى وَقَلبٌ شَيِّقُ

    وَمَآقٍ وَدقُها يَستَبِقُ

    A sore eye and a yearning heart,

    And tear ducts whose downpour races forth,

  2. وَاِشتِياقٌ وَاِحتِراقٌ وَاتقا

    رُقباءٍ وَسَقامٌ موبِقُ

    And longing, and burning, and fear of—

    watchers—and a deadly sickness.

  3. يا لَقَومي وَلِقَومي قُوَّةٌ

    لِوَقيذٍ قَتَلَتهُ الحَدَقُ

    O my people—and my people have strength—

    for one struck down, whom the pupils have slain.

  4. إِرفِقوا بِالقَلبِ قَد أَوثَقتُمُ

    قَيدَهُ وَالعِشقُ قَيدٌ موثِقُ

    Be gentle with the heart; you have fastened

    its fetter, and love is a binding fetter.