1. إلَى اللهِ أشكُو من جَوىً لم أجدْ لَه

    مسَاغاً ولا طُولُ البكاءِ يُميطُهُ

    To God I complain of a burning grief for which I have not found

    an outlet, nor does prolonged weeping dispel it.

  2. ومِن حرِّ قَلْبٍ كلّما رُمتُ بَرْدَه

    بتَسويفه أذْكَى جواهُ قُنُوطُهُ

    And of a heart's heat: whenever I sought to cool it

    with promises of later relief, its despair stoked its anguish.

  3. أعارَ جُفوني ما يُصعِّدُ من دمٍ

    فلما تَقضّى فَاضَ منها عبيطُهُ

    It lent my eyelids what it sends up from blood;

    and when that was spent, its fresh blood poured from them.