سَيِّدِى سَيَّدَ الأَفاضلِ تاجَ ال

دِّينِ سَطّرتُها عليكَ مُدِلاَّ

My master, master of the virtuous, crown of the—

Faith—I have penned these for you, presuming upon your favor,

مُنهِياً زَفرَةَ اشتياقي إلى اللَّح

مِ ولا زَفرَةٌ بِبيتيَّ أَصْلا

reporting the sighs of my longing for mea—

t—while there is not a morsel in my house at all.

وغَدَتْ هِرَّتي تَهُرُّ من الغَي

ظِ وحَيْلي وحَيْلُها قد تَخلَّى

My cat has begun to snarl from ra—

ge; all resource, mine and hers, has deserted us.

ومَحَلّي ما فيهِ نافِخُ نارٍ

وفُؤادِي بِنارِهِ يُتقلَّى

In my dwelling there is no one to blow upon a fire,

yet my heart is frying in its flames.