1. عذيري من خليلٍ لِ

    يَ يَقْلاني وأَهواهُ

    Who will vindicate me against a friend of

    mine, who hates me though I love him?

  2. يؤاتيني فأرجوهُ

    ويجفوني فأخشاهُ

    He favors me, so I place my hope in him;

    and he shuns me, so I fear him.

  3. وما أنسى وحوشيتُ

    من الغدرِ وحاشاهُ

    And I do not forget—may I be spared

    from treachery, and far be it from him—

  4. حبيباً شَفَعَ الحب

    بُ إليهِ فترضّاهُ

    a beloved: Love interceded

    with him and won his favor,

  5. فأدناهُ إلى صدري

    وفيه كان مَأْواهُ

    then drew him close to my breast,

    and in it was his home;

  6. وخدّي فوق يُسْراهُ

    وجَنْبي تحت يُمناهُ

    and my cheek lay above his left hand,

    and my side beneath his right hand.