1. وَإِنّي لَأَخلو مُذ فَقَدتُكِ دائِباً

    فَأَنقُشُ تِمثالاً لِوَجهِكِ في التُربِ

    And indeed, ever since I lost you, I continually withdraw into solitude,

    then trace a likeness of your face in the dust.

  2. فَأَسقيهِ مِن عَيني وَأَشكو تَضَرُّعاً

    إِلَيهِ بِما أَلقاهُ مِن شِدَّةِ الكَربِ

    Then I water it with tears from my eye and humbly complain

    to it of the terrible anguish I endure.

  3. فَوَاللَهِ ما أَدري بِما أَنا مُذنِبٌ

    إِلَيكِ سِوى الإِفراطَ في شِدَّةِ الحُبِّ

    For by God, I know not how I have sinned

    against you, except by loving too intensely.

  4. فَإِن كانَ ذا ذَنبي الَّذي تَدَّعينَهُ

    فَلا فَرَّجَ الرَحمَنُ ذَلِكَ مِن ذَنبي

    So if this is my sin, the one you allege,

    then may the All-Merciful never relieve me of that sin.

  5. بِطَرفي وَقَلبي يَستَذِلُّنِيَ الهَوى

    فَمَن ذا الَّذي يُعدي عَلى الطَرفِ وَالقَلبِ

    Through my eye and my heart, passion subjugates me;

    who, then, will grant me redress against the eye and the heart?