بِغَضب عضَّ يدي

وطِيبُه بالحَرَدِ

With rage I bit my hand

And soothed it with a bandage

وقلتُ لما بَخِلت

عن عبدها بالصَّفَدِ

And when she was unkind

To her slave in shackles pined

يا فتكُ يا سيدتي

إن لم تثيبي فعدي

My lady of destruction

Reward me or I’ll leave your function