1. يا مَن يَلومُ عَلى هوَى

    مَن حُبُّهُ يَتَجَدَّدُ

    O you who blame me for loving

    one for whom love is ever renewed,

  2. أَنتَ الخَلِيُّ مِنَ الَّذي

    يَلقى الشَقِيُّ المُقصَدُ

    you are untouched by what

    the wretched, mortally stricken one endures.

  3. أَخَذا الإِلَهُ لِمُقلَتي

    مِن كُلِّ عَينٍ تَرقُدُ

    May God exact vengeance for my eye

    from every eye that sleeps;

  4. وَلِكُلِّ مُنهَلٍّ دُموعٌ

    تَستَفيقُ وَتَجمُدُ

    and every weeper has tears

    that awaken and congeal.