1. سأقسم دمعي إذ غدرتَ فدمعةٌ

    على مِدَحٍ سيَّرتُها فيك ضُيَّعِ

    I shall apportion my tears, since you proved treacherous: one tear

    For wasted praise-poems I sent forth about you;

  2. وأخرى على ما فيك من حسن منظر

    غدوت وقد أصحبتَهُ قبح مسمع

    And another for the beauty of your appearance,

    Which you have come to pair with ugliness to the ear;

  3. وأخرى على رأي أُصِبتُ برشده

    فضلَّ وأدَّاني إلى شر مطمع

    And another for a judgment whose wisdom brought me harm;

    Then it strayed and led me to the worst object of hope;

  4. وأخرى على جدٍّ سعيد يصونني

    وحسبك أن أبكيت حراً بأربع

    And another for the good fortune that protects me;

    And it is enough for you that you made a free man weep four tears.