1. أَذاقَني الحَين قَبل حيني

    نَهار بَينٍ وأي بين

    I was made to taste death before my time

    by a day of parting—and what a parting!

  2. وَقالَ خُذ حَسرة لِقَلبي

    وَقالَ هات البُكا لِعَيني

    And it said to my heart, 'Take sorrow,'

    And it said to my eye, 'Bring forth tears.'

  3. فَأَي ذَنب جَنيت حَتّى

    غُرّيت حَولين كاملين

    What sin, then, did I commit that

    I was beguiled for two full years?