1. قلبٌ بِمَن تيّمَهُ مُولَع

    يدعو الذي يهوى فلا يسمَعُ

    A heart is enamored of the one who has enslaved it with love.

    It calls to the one it loves, but he does not hear.

  2. لا ذو هوىً منه لما نالهُ

    من الهوى أثلٌ ولا أجرَعُ

    No lover, because of what has befallen him

    through love, is more [unclear] or more [unclear] than he.

  3. يا سائلي مما اتخذت الضَّى

    إلفاً ولم نشكو وتستسرعُ

    O you who ask me why I have taken [an unclear word]

    as a companion, though we have not complained and you urge haste:

  4. إني كئيبٌ دَنِفٌ مُوجعٌ

    وليسَ لي صبرٌ فما أصنعُ

    I am sorrowful, lovesick, and in pain,

    and I have no patience—what am I to do?