شَكَارَ قَد آلَيْتَ عَيْني فِداهُ

فَقَلْبُ المُتيّمِ قَلْبٌ شَفِيقُ

You have saddened my eyes, may I sacrifice myself for him,

For the heart of the bereaved is a kind heart.

وَقالَ أَمِنْتُ بِشِعْريتي

وَبيني وَبينَكُمُ سِتْرٌ رَقِيقُ

And I said “I have trusted in my poetry”,

While between you and me there is a thin veil.

وَمَا سَرْدُ داودَ مِنى يَقيِكَ

وَأَنتَ بِأَسهُمِ لَحظي رَشِيقُ

The chanting of David does not protect me from you,

While you are skillful in aiming at my glances.