1. يا خجلتا لجرير من

    قولٍ كفانا الله عاره

    Oh, the shame for Jarir over

    a saying—may God spare us its disgrace!

  2. طرقتك صائدةُ الفؤا

    د وليس ذا حين الزياره

    “The huntress of the heart visited you by night,

    and this is no time for visiting.”

  3. هل كان يلقى إذا أتا

    ه طيف من يهوى خساره

    Would he suffer, if there came to

    him the phantom of the one he loves, any loss?

  4. أو كان قلبٌ قد حوا

    ه من حديد أو حجاره

    Or was the heart he harbored

    made of iron or stone?