1. حتام تخلف وعدي

    وكيف ضيعت عهدي

    How long will you break your promise to me?

    And how could you neglect your pledge to me?

  2. يا اذكر الناس هجرا

    ما كان انساك ودي

    O you who remember estrangement best of all people,

    how forgetful you have been of my love!

  3. يا قاتلي بجفاه

    تفديك روحيَ تفدي

    O you whose coldness slays me,

    may my soul ransom you—ransom you!

  4. دعني امت فيك وجدا

    تعيش مولاي بعدي

    Let me die of yearning for you;

    may you live on after me, my lord.

  5. فمن تصدى لظلمي

    حتى اباحك صدي

    Who, then, undertook to wrong me,

    until he gave you leave to shun me?

  6. علام قربك ابغي

    وانت تطلب بعدي

    Why do I seek nearness to you,

    while you seek distance from me?

  7. افديك تركي لحظ

    يسطو عليّ جندي

    I would ransom you, Turkish-eyed one—

    a soldier who assails me,

  8. يرنو بيض حداد

    تجاوزت كل ضد

    gazing with keen white blades

    that have overcome every foe.

  9. رضيته ليَ مولى

    وليته قال عبدي

    I have accepted him as my master;

    and if only he would say, “My slave.”