1. تَجَنّتْ وما لي في التَّجَنيِّ مِنْ ذَنْبِ

    وأقرَرْتُ إذْ لَمْ أَجْنِ خوفاً من الذَّنْبِ

    She accused me unjustly, though I was in no way at fault;

    And I confessed, though I had done no wrong, for fear of sin.

  2. ولو أنَّ ما بي من هواها بِصَخْرةٍ

    لأَنَّتْ من الشَّوْقِ المبرح والكَرْبِ

    And were the love I bear her lodged within a rock,

    It would surely groan from agonizing longing and anguish.

  3. وهوّنَ ما بي بيتُ شِعْر سَمِعْتُهُ

    تَغَنَّتْ بِهِ يوماً معلِّلَةً الشُّرْبَ

    And a line of poetry I heard eased my suffering;

    She sang it one day, entertaining the drinkers:

  4. لعلَّ الذي يَقْضي الأمُورَ بِعِلْمِهِ

    سَيُدنِيكَ بعد النأي من حَبَّةِ القَلْبِ

    “Perhaps He who ordains all affairs through His knowledge

    Will bring you, after separation, near the heart’s core.”