1. أَبقَيتَ لي سَقَماً يُمازِجُ عَبرَتي

    مَن ذا يلذُّ مَعَ السَقامِ لِقاءَ

    You have left me an illness mingling with my tears.

    Who delights in a meeting amid illness?

  2. أَشمَتَّ بي الأَعداءَ حينَ هَجَرتَني

    حاشاكَ مِمّا يُشمِتُ الأَعداءَ

    You made the enemies gloat over me when you abandoned me.

    May you be spared whatever makes the enemies gloat.

  3. أَبكَيتَني حَتّى ظَنَنتُ بِأَنَّني

    سَيصيرُ عُمري ما حَييتُ بُكاءَ

    You made me weep until I thought that

    my life would become weeping for as long as I lived.

  4. أُخفي وَأُعلِنُ بِاِضطِرارٍ أنَّني

    لا أَستَطيعُ لِما أُجِنُّ خَفاءَ

    I conceal and, under compulsion, reveal that I

    cannot hide what I harbor within.