1. سلامة رماحك اللي جرحها غالي

    طعنتني غاضب لين أنكسر رمحك

    May your spears be safe—the wound they deal is dear.

    You stabbed me in anger until your spear broke.

  2. لو قلت لي كان أجرح حالي بحالي

    لا عاش قلبٍ جزع وارتاع من جرحك

    Had you told me, I would have wounded myself, all on my own.

    May no heart live that quails and takes fright at the wound you deal.

  3. لاجلك جروحي غدن اليوم عذالي

    ذميت ظلمك وأنا من عادتي مدحك

    For your sake, my wounds have become my reproachers today.

    I condemned your injustice, though my habit is to praise you.

  4. ياليت لي ذنب وألقى علقمك حالي

    وياليت بك عدل .. وأرضى فـ الهوى ذبحك

    If only I were at fault and could find your colocynth sweet.

    And if only you were just; I would accept being slain by you in love.

  5. ياسيدي وإن نويت تزيد غربالي

    قلي وأنا أبعد ظلامي عن سنا صبحك

    O my master, if you intend to deepen my ordeal,

    Tell me, and I will move my darkness away from your morning's radiance.

  6. لو ما يسرك أطو ل الشمس بجبالي

    مايكفي إن عشقت جبالك وسفحك

    If it does not please you that I reach the sun with my mountains,

    Is it not enough that I have loved your mountains and your foothills?

  7. كل الهوى بالهوى يزهى ويختالي

    وأنا الذي في خسارة عزتي ربحك

    All love glories in love and struts proudly,

    Yet I am the one whose loss of dignity is your gain.

  8. ياعل ماتزهرالأشجار في رمالي

    لو أعتذر عن شموخي في رجا صفحك

    May the trees never blossom in my sands

    If I apologize for my proud bearing in the hope of your pardon.

  9. سلامة رماحك الي جرحها غالي

    طعنتني غاصب لين أنكسررمحك

    May your spears be safe—the wound they deal is dear.

    You stabbed me by force until your spear broke.