أَيا نَفسُ لا تَجزَعي وَاِصبِري

فَإِنَّ الهَوى ما بِهِ مُنصفُ

O soul, do not despair and be patient

For passion is not just

حَبيبٌ جَفاك وَقَلبٌ عَصاكَ

وَلاح لَحاك وَلا مُلطِفُ

A lover who ignored you and a heart that disobeyed you

There was no comfort for your pain and no consoler

شُجونٌ مَنعن الجُفونَ الكَرى

وَعَوَّضنَها أَدمُعا تُنزَفُ

Sorrows have deprived the heavy eyelids of sleep

And compensated them with tears that flow