1. أَنتَ في حِلٍّ فَزِدني سَقَما

    أَفنِ صَبري وَاِجعَلِ الدَمعَ دَما

    You are free of blame, so increase my sickness.

    Exhaust my patience, and turn my tears to blood.

  2. وَاِرضَ لي المَوتَ بِهَجرَيكَ فَإِن

    لَم أَمُت شَوقاً فَزِدني أَلَما

    And consent to my death through your twofold desertion; so if

    I do not die of longing, then increase my pain.

  3. مِحنَةُ العاشِقِ في ذُلِّ الهَوى

    وَإِذا اِستُودِعَ سِرّاً كَتَما

    The lover’s ordeal lies in love’s abasement.

    And when entrusted with a secret, he conceals it.

  4. لَيسَ مِنّا مَن شَكا عِلَّتَهُ

    مَن شَكا ظُلمَ حَبيبٍ ظَلَما

    Whoever complains of his ailment is not one of us.

    Whoever complains of a beloved’s injustice does wrong.