1. طَرِبتَ وَهاجَتكَ المَنازِلُ مِن جَفنٍ

    أَلا رُبَّما يَعتادُكَ الشَوقُ بِالحُزنِ

    You were stirred with longing, and the dwellings of Jafn roused you.

    Ah, longing sometimes revisits you with sorrow.

  2. مَرَرتُ عَلى أَطلالِ زَينَبَ بَعدَها

    فَأَعوَلتُها لَو كانَ إِعوالُها يُغني

    I passed by the ruins of Zaynab’s dwelling after she had gone.

    So I lamented them—if only lamenting them could help.

  3. وَقَد أَرسَلَت في السِرِّ أَن قَد فَضَحتَني

    وَقَد بُحتَ بِاِسمي في النَسيبِ وَلَم تَكُن

    And she had sent word in secret: “You have disgraced me,

    And you have revealed my name in love verse, and you were not...

  4. فَسَرَّفَني أَهلي وَجُلُّ عَشيرَتي

    فَإِن كانَ يَهنيكَ الَّذي جِئتَ فَليَهنِ

    So my family and most of my clan have called me foolish.

    So if what you have done pleases you, then may it bring you pleasure!

  5. أَضَعتَ الَّذي قَد كانَ في السِرِّ بَينَنا

    وَسِرُّكَ عِنسي كانَ في أَحصَنِ الحِصِن

    You have squandered what was once secret between us,

    While your secret [with me?] was in the most impregnable fortress.”