1. جل قدرُ الدمعِ عندي

    حينَ لا أبكيك جهدي

    How highly I must prize my tears,

    when I do not weep for you with all my might.

  2. أنا إن لم أبك مَن أه

    وَى فَمن يبكيهِ بعدي

    If I do not weep for the one I love,

    then who will weep for him after me?

  3. أيّ خدٍّ بعد خدَّي

    هِ ترى يألَف خدِّي

    Which cheek, after his two cheeks,

    do you think my cheek will grow fond of?

  4. لم تَزل بي حادثات الد

    دَهرِ حتى صرت وَحدي

    Time's calamities never ceased afflicting me,

    until I was left alone.