1. سهلت زفرتي مسيلَ الدموعِ

    من هوىً لا ينامُ بينَ الضلوعِ

    My sigh eased the flow of tears,

    From a love that never sleeps between the ribs.

  2. ليسَ لي عبرةٌ فأبكي رقادي

    أيُّ عينٍ تقرُّ بعدَ الهُجوعِ

    I have no tear with which to weep for my slumber;

    What eye finds comfort after sleep?

  3. يا بديعَ الجمالِ أبدعتَ في الجس

    مِ ضنىً حلَّ من هواكَ البَديعِ

    O wondrous in beauty, you have wrought in the bod-

    y a wasting sickness born of wondrous love for you.

  4. بأبي كيفَ أنتَ كيفَ وُحبي

    كَ أنا المُبتلى بسوء الصنيعِ

    My father be your ransom—how are you, how? And by my love for

    you, I am the one afflicted by ill-treatment.