1. أُمسي وَأُصبِحُ مِن تَذَكُّرِكُم

    وَكَأَنَّ بي طَرفاً مِنَ المَسِّ

    I pass my evenings and mornings remembering you,

    And it is as though I have a touch of madness.

  2. وَكَأَنَّني مِمّا تَطاوَلَ بي

    مِنكَ السَقامُ طُليتُ بِالوَرسِ

    And it is as though, from what has long afflicted me—

    The sickness caused by you—I have been coated with yellow wars dye.

  3. وَلَقَد بَرِمتُ مِنَ الحَياةِ لِما

    ضَمَّنتَني وَعَرَضتَ مِن نَفسي

    And indeed, I have grown weary of life because of what

    You made me bear, and what you laid bare of my soul.