1. بكى وجداً بأجمده

    مفرّاً من تجلده

    He wept with all his being

    Fleeing from his composure

  2. قريح القلب موجعه

    بوقعٍ من تسهُّده

    The ache of his heart pained him

    With an impact from its prostration

  3. إلى قمرٍ منايا النا

    ظِرين إليه في يده

    Towards a moon, the palm trees' beloved

    Looking at it in his hand

  4. فتوك الطرف ساحره

    بستر الغصن أغيده

    The alluring glance enchanted him

    The bough's bed enraptured him

  5. يضاحك عطف صدغيه

    البياض على تورده

    The whiteness smiling on his cheek

    Blushing with its redness

  6. وتبكي عين ذي دنفٍ

    سقيم الجسم مقعده

    And the teary eye of the sickly one

    Weeping in his disabled state