1. في اليم عمت وفي الدموع أعوم

    من لي وإني الواله المظلوم

    In the sea you swam, and in tears I swim.

    Who is there for me, lovesick and wronged as I am?

  2. خاضمت فيك البحر مذ واصلته

    دوني فلاذ لدمعه المحروم

    I contended with the sea over you, since you joined it

    Instead of me; so the deprived one sought refuge in his tears.

  3. ظعن السلو مع الحجى وخلا لها

    قلبي ولكن الفؤاد سقيم

    Solace departed with reason, and hers alone was

    My heart—yet the heart is ailing.

  4. وجدي بها متضاعف ووصالها

    عندي نعيم والصدود جحيم

    My longing for her is redoubled, and union with her

    Is bliss to me, while rejection is hell.

  5. ما هي إلا غادة رومية

    والحسن قد غارت عليه الروم

    She is but a graceful Roman maiden,

    And the Romans have jealously guarded beauty.

  6. كيف السلو وقد تزحل في الهوى

    عقلي ولكن الغرام مقيم

    How can I find solace, when what has slipped away in love is

    My reason—yet passion remains?

  7. يا ليتني لم أنبسط يوما بلق

    ياها ويا ليت اللقاء يدوم

    Oh, would that I had never once rejoiced at meeting

    Her—and oh, would that the meeting might last!