1. نَفسي فداؤك أيّهذا الصّاحبُ

    يا مَنْ هواهُ عليَّ حَقٌ واجبُ

    May my soul be your ransom, O friend!

    O you whose love is a binding duty upon me!

  2. لمْ طالَ تقصيري فما عاتَبْتني

    فأنا الغداةَ مُقصّرٌ ومُعاتِب

    Why has my neglect lasted so long without your reproaching me?

    So this morning I am both neglectful and reproachful.

  3. ومنَ الدّليل على مَلالك أنّني

    قد غبْتُ أياماً وماليَ طالب

    And one sign that you have wearied of me is that I

    have been absent for days, with no one seeking me.

  4. وإذا رأيتَ العبْدَ يَهربُ ثُمَّ لم

    يُطلَبْ فَمَولَى العَبْدِ منه هارب

    And when you see a slave flee, and then he is not

    pursued, it is the slave’s master who is fleeing from him.