1. نَاديت قَاضِي الهَوَى وَالسقمُ يَشْهَدُ لِي

    وَلِلدُّمُوعِ بِمَحْوِ الخدّ إثْبَاتُ

    I called to the judge of love, with sickness bearing witness for me.

    And the tears have proof in the effacing of the cheek.

  2. وللّحَاظِ بِجَفْنَيْ مَنْ قُتِلْتُ بِهِ

    صَحَائِفٌ سُطِّرَتْ فِيهَا المَنِيَّاتُ

    And the glances have, on the two eyelids of the one by whom I was slain,

    Pages in which deaths were inscribed.

  3. وَلِلْعَوَارِضِ إعْلاَمٌ بِصَفْحَتِهِ

    قد سَجَّلَتْهُ الخدُودُ العَنْدَمِيَّاتُ

    And the cheek-down has a declaration upon his cheek,

    Which the crimson cheeks have already recorded.

  4. وَقِّعْ عَلَى قِصَّتِي وَانْظُرْ عَوَارِضَهُ

    فَقَالَ هَلْ هُنَّ أحْيَا قُلْتُ لاَ مَاتُوا

    Endorse my petition, and look at his cheek-down.

    Then he said, “Are they alive?” I said, “No, they have died.”