فَدَيتُكِ لَم أَنَلكِ بِغَيرِ طَرفي

فَكُلّي حاسِدٌ طَرفي عَلَيكِ

I ransom you, though I have attained you with naught but my eyes,

May I be your ransom—I attained you only with my glance,

So every envier of my eyes toward you is hostile.

So all of me is envious of my eyes regarding you.

لَئِن آثَرتِ بَعضي دونَ بَعضي

وَذَلِكَ يا مُنائي في يَدَيكِ

If you prefer some of me over some other part,

If indeed you have favored one part of me above the rest,

That, O my beloved, is in your hands.

And that decree, O my heart's desire, lies within your hands,

لَقَد أَودَعتِ مَن لَم تُسعِفيهِ

بِحاجَتِهِ تَباريحاً إِلَيكِ

You have entrusted with one whose need you did not gratify

You have lodged in the one whose plea you would not answer

Distresses sent to you.

Agonies of longing directed towards you.