1. أَطْلَقْتَ دَمْعِي بَعْدَ تَقْيِيدِ الْهَوَى

    بحُلُولِ أَجْزا كُلّهُ بِمَحلِّهِ

    You released my tears after passion was bound,

    With parts settling, all of it in its place.

  2. وخَصَصْتَني بعُمُومِ أسْبابٍ بِها

    بَدْءُ الْغَرامِ غَدَا مُشابِه أَوْلِه

    And you singled me out with the full range of causes through which

    The beginning of ardent love came to resemble its start.

  3. أَلْزَمْتني ضِدَّ الْهَوى عَرَّفْتني

    جاوَزْتَ آلاتِ الْهَوى ببَدِيله

    You imposed passion’s opposite on me; you made me known.

    You went beyond passion’s instruments with its substitute.

  4. وحَذَفْتَني والْقَلْبُ ظَرفُ مَوَدَّةٍ

    يا مَنْ تُسَبِّبُ للعَذُولِ وفِيله

    And you erased me, while the heart is a vessel of affection,

    O you who give cause to the reproacher and his elephant.