1. مَتى أَبُثُّكِ ما بي

    يا راحَتي وَعَذابي

    When shall I confide to you what ails me,

    O my comfort and my torment?

  2. مَتى يَنوبُ لِساني

    في شَرحِهِ عَن كِتابي

    When will my tongue stand in

    for my letter in explaining it?

  3. اللَهُ يَعلَمُ أَنّي

    أَصبَحتُ فيكِ لِما بي

    God knows that I

    have grown so afflicted over you

  4. فَلا يَطيبُ طَعامي

    وَلا يَسوغُ شَرابي

    that my food gives me no pleasure

    and my drink will not go down.

  5. يا فِتنَةَ المُتَقَرّي

    وَحُجَّةَ المُتَصابي

    O temptation of the devout,

    and excuse for one who plays at youth!

  6. الشَمسُ أَنتِ تَوارَت

    عَن ناظِري بِالحِجابِ

    You are the sun, hidden

    from my gaze behind the veil.

  7. ما البَدرُ شَفَّ سَناهُ

    عَلى رَقيقِ السَحابِ

    The full moon, its radiance gleaming

    through thin clouds,

  8. إِلّا كَوَجهِكِ لَمّا

    أَضاءَ تَحتَ النِقابِ

    is but like your face when

    it shone beneath the face-veil.