1. خابَ الرَّجاء فلا طيفٌ ولا خبر

    تَيَبَّس الوردُ لا شوقٌ ولا مطر

    Hope has failed—no apparition, no news.

    The rose has dried up—no longing, no rain.

  2. ماتت نَضارته، والشَّوك يلفحه

    أضحى سحابةَ حزنٍ شابها الوَضَر

    Its freshness has died, and the thorns scorch it.

    It has become a cloud of sorrow, tainted by grime.

  3. هذه جهنَّم في عيني مُضرَمة

    وفي دمي شبَّت النيران يا سَقَر

    This is Hell, set ablaze in my eyes.

    And fires have flared in my blood, O Saqar.

  4. إنّي صفرت نياطَ القلب أشرعة

    جفني يصل على أحلامها البشر

    Indeed, I have [apparently: turned] the heartstrings into sails

    of my eyelid; upon their dreams, people arrive.

  5. ما أنتِ أهلٌ لأشعاري ورقَّتها

    ولا لقلبٍ سما بالطُّهر يأتزر

    You are not worthy of my poems and their tenderness,

    nor of a heart that has soared, girding itself with purity.