1. بَعَثَت إِلَيَّ صَحيفَةً مَختومَةً

    نَفسي الفِداءُ لِخَطِّها وَالكاتِبِ

    She sent me a sealed letter.

    May my soul be a ransom for her handwriting and its writer.

  2. فَفَكَكتُها فَقَرَأتُ ما قَد حَبَّرَت

    فَإِذا مَقالَةُ مُستَزيرٍ عاتِبِ

    So I unsealed it and read what she had penned.

    And behold: the words of one seeking a visit, full of reproach.

  3. في الوُدِّ تَزعُمُ أَنَّني ذو مَلَّةٍ

    خُنتُ العُهودَ فَدَيتُها مِن كاذِبِ

    She claims that, in love, I am prone to weariness,

    That I have betrayed the vows—may I be her ransom, liar that she is!

  4. أَنّى أَخونُكِ يا ظَلومُ وَحُبُكُم

    مِنّي بِحَيثُ جَرى شَرابُ الشارِبِ

    How could I betray you, O cruel one, when love for you

    Lies within me where the drinker's draught flows?