1. لهفي على ساكن شط الفرات

    مروجيه على الحياة

    Alas for the dweller on the Euphrates’ bank!

    [Unclear wording: possibly “his promoters”] over life.

  2. ما تنقضي من عجب فكرتي

    من خصلة فرط فيها الولاة

    My mind never ceases to marvel

    At a matter in which the governors were remiss:

  3. ترك المحبين بلا حاكم

    لم يقعدوا للعاشقين القضاة

    Leaving lovers without a judge—

    They appointed no judges for those in love.

  4. وقد أتاني خبر ساءني

    مقالها في السر واسوئتاه

    And news has reached me that distressed me:

    Her saying in secret, “Oh, the shame!”