1. أَأُجفى بِلا جُرمٍ وَأُقصى بِلا ذَنبِ

    سِوى أَنَّني مَحضُ الهَوى صادِقُ الحُبِّ

    Am I spurned without offense and cast aside without fault,

    Except that I am pure in passion, true in love?

  2. أُغاديكَ بِالشَكوى فَأُضحي عَلى القِلى

    وَأَرجوكَ لِلعُتبى فَأَظفَرُ بِالعَتبِ

    I come to you in the morning with my complaint, only to meet aversion;

    And I beseech you for reconciliation, only to win reproach.

  3. فَدَيتُكَ ما لِلماءِ عَذباً عَلى الصَدى

    وَإِن سُمتَني خَسفاً مَحَلُّكَ مِن قَلبي

    May I be your ransom! Sweet water in time of thirst does not have—

    Even if you abase me—the place you hold in my heart.

  4. وَلَولاكَ ماضاقَت حَشايَ صَبابَةً

    جَعَلتُ قِراها الدَمعَ سَكباً عَلى سَكبِ

    Were it not for you, my breast would not have tightened with longing,

    For which I have made tears a welcome-feast, outpouring upon outpouring.