1. كم ذا الجفا وإلى متى الهَجْرُ

    شبّ الهوى وتعذّر الصَّبرُ

    How long this coldness, and how long this estrangement?

    Love has blazed up, and patience has become impossible.

  2. ذَهَبَتْ قوىً قد كنتُ أعرفها

    وتجلّدٌ أودى بهِ الدَّهرُ

    The strength I once knew has vanished,

    And time has laid fortitude to waste.

  3. حتّامَ أحملُ فيكَ من كَلَفي

    ما لا يطيقُ لِحَمْلِه الصَّخرُ

    How long must I bear, in my ardent love for you,

    What rock itself cannot bear?

  4. ومعنَّفٍ أدّى نصيحتَه

    لو لم يكُنْ في مَسمعي وقرُ

    And many a reprover would have conveyed his counsel,

    Had there been no deafness in my hearing.

  5. ماذا على العذّال لو عذروا

    إذ في الهوى العذريّ لي عُذْرُ

    What would it cost the reproachers to excuse me,

    Since in chaste, ʿUdhri love I have an excuse?

  6. عينيَّ هذا وقتُ جودِكما

    فتدفّقا فكلاكما بحرُ

    My two eyes, this is the time for your generosity:

    So gush forth, for each of you is a sea.