1. ماعَلَيها لَو أَنَّها أَذِنَت لي

    في كِتابٍ فَقَد نَهَتَني مِرارا

    What harm would it do her if she let me

    write a letter? She has forbidden me time and again.

  2. حاذَرَت أَن تَرِقَّ لي فَهيَ لا تَز

    دادُ إِلّا تَباعُداً وَنِفارا

    She feared growing tender toward me, so she becomes

    only more distant and averse.

  3. أَيُّها الراقِدونَ حَولي أَعينو

    ني عَلى اللّيلِ حِسبَةً وَاِئتِجارا

    O you who sleep around me, help

    me through the night, for God's sake and in hope of His reward.

  4. حَدِّثوني عَنِ النَهارِ حَديثاً

    أَو صِفوه فَقَد نَسيتُ النَهارا

    Tell me something about the day,

    or describe it, for I have forgotten the day.