مُعَذِّبَتي رِفْقاً بِقَلبٍ مُعذَّبِ

وإِنْ كانَ يُرْضِيْكِ العَذابُ فَعَذِّبي

Torture me gently, my tortured heart,

And if torment brings you joy, then torment me.

لَعَمْري لَقْد باعَدْتِ غَيْرَ مُبَاعدٍ

كما أَنَّني قَرَّبْتُ غَيرَ مُقَرِّبِ

By my life, you've distanced yourself beyond distance,

Just as I've drawn near beyond nearness.

ِبنَفْسيَ بَدْرٌ أَخْملَ البدْرَ نُورُهُ

وَشَمْسٌ مَتى تَطْلُعْ إلى الْشَّمْسِ تَغْربِ

Myself is a full moon eclipsed of its light,

A sun, that when it rises toward the sun, sets.

لَوَ انَّ امْرأَ القيْسِ بْنَ حُجْرٍ بَدَتْ لَهُ

لَما قَالَ مُرَّا بي على أُمِّ جُنْدُبِ

If Imru’ al-Qays's woman had appeared to him,

He'd not have said, “Away with you, mother of Jundub!”