1. يا قلب قد أشقاك ضير

    مذ غاب بسام الثغير

    O heart, affliction has indeed made you wretched,

    Since the one with the smiling little mouth went away.

  2. لم تنس ماضي العيش في القصر

    المطل على النهير

    You have not forgotten the life once lived in the palace

    Overlooking the little river.

  3. أيام كانت لا تميزنا

    زهيرة عن زهير

    Days when we were not distinguished

    By Zuhayra from Zuhayr.

  4. أيام كنا لا نكف

    عن التهكم من شقير

    Days when we never ceased

    Mocking Shuqayr.

  5. نقضي على الرمل المذهب

    يومنا جرياً وسير

    We spent upon the gilded sand

    Our day running and walking.

  6. كنا نرف على الميا

    ه كأننا أسراب طير

    We would flutter over the water,

    As though we were flocks of birds.

  7. ويسؤونا من غاب بل

    ويسرنا أنجاء غير

    And whoever went away saddened us; yet

    Another's coming made us glad.

  8. نلهو ونلعب لا نفرق

    بين أحمد أو عزير

    We frolicked and played, making no distinction

    Between Ahmad and Uzayr.

  9. زمن مضى لم ندر فيه

    حساب منكر أو نكير

    A time gone by, when we knew nothing

    Of the reckoning of Munkar or Nakir.

  10. مذ راح عنا قد تبدل

    صفو أيامي بضير

    Since he left us, there has been a change:

    My days' serenity has turned to affliction.

  11. ولئن ذكرت زمانه

    فكمن تذكر كل خير

    And if I recall his time,

    Then I am like one recalling every good thing.