1. لَقَد أَصبَحتُ ذا كَرَبٍ

    مِنَ المولَعِ بِالعَتبِ

    Indeed, I have become distressed

    because of the one obsessed with reproach.

  2. وَقَد قاسَيتُ مِن حُبَّيـ

    ـهِ أَمراً لَيسَ بِاللَعبِ

    And I have endured, through my love for

    him, an ordeal that is no mere play.

  3. جَفاني وَتَناساني

    بُعَيدَ الرُسلِ وَالكُتُبِ

    He shunned me and pretended to forget me

    shortly after the messengers and letters.

  4. وَمَن غابَ عَنِ العَينِ

    فَقَد غابَ عَنِ القَلبِ

    And whoever is absent from the eye

    is indeed absent from the heart.