1. أَأُحرَمُ منكَ الرِّضا

    وتَذْكُرُ ما قد مَضى

    Am I to be denied your favor,

    while you recall what has passed,

  2. وَتُعْرِضُ عن هَائِمٍ

    أَبَى عنكَ أنْ يُعرِضا

    and turn away from a lovesick man

    who refused to turn away from you?

  3. قَضى اللَّهُ بالحبِّ لي

    فَصَبراً على ما قَضى

    God has decreed love for me;

    so I must be patient with what He decreed.

  4. رَميتَ فُؤادِي فَما

    تَرَكتَ بِهِ مَنْهَضا

    You shot my heart, and did not

    leave it any strength to rise.

  5. فقَوسُكَ شِرْيانَةٌ

    وَنبْلُكَ جَمْرُ الغَضا

    For your bow is of shiryān wood,

    and your arrows are embers of ghaḍā wood.