وَلَقَد قُلتُ إِذ تَطاوَلَ هَجري

رَبِّ لا صَبرَ لي عَلى هَجرِ هِندِ

And I have said, when her estrangement was prolonged:

O Lord, I have no patience for the estrangement of Hind!

رَبِّ قَد شَفَّني وَأَوهَنَ عَظمي

وَبَراني وَزادَني فَوقَ جَهدي

O Lord, she has cured me and weakened my bones,

And tried me, and increased me beyond my strength.

رَبِّ حَمَّلتَني مِنَ الحُبِّ ثِقلاً

رَبِّ لا صَبرَ لي وَلا عَزمَ عِندي

O Lord, You have burdened me with love’s heaviness,

O Lord, I have no patience, nor firmness in me.

رَبِّ عُلِّقتُها تُجَدِّدُ هَجري

ذاكَ وَاللَهِ مِن شَقاوَةِ جَدّي

I cling to her, she renews my estrangement,

That, by God, is from my wretched luck.

لَيسَ حُبّي لَها بِبِدعَةِ أَمرٍ

قَد أَحَبَّ الرِجالُ قَبلي وَبَعدي

My love for her is no novel affair,

Men before and after me have loved.

جَعَلَ اللَهُ مَن أُحِبُّ سِواكُم

مِن جَميعِ الأَنامِ نَفسَكِ يَفدي

May God make whoever I love but you,

Of all people, a ransom for your life.