1. أنتُ عمَّا حَلَّ بي في شغلِ

    إنما يرثي لمثلي من بلي

    You are preoccupied, heedless of what has befallen me.

    Only one who has suffered pities one like me.

  2. ليَ وعدٌ عند عينيك مضى

    دونَه عمري ووافى أجلي

    I have a promise from your eyes; spent

    Is my life awaiting it, and my appointed end has come.

  3. فَوَريحانِ العِذارِ الخَضِلِ

    فوقَ وردِ الوجنةِ المشتَعلِ

    So, by the basil of your dewy cheek-down,

    Above the blazing rose of your cheek,

  4. يا حبيبَ النفس لو أبصر ما

    حَلَّ بي منك عَدوّى رَقَّ لي

    O beloved of my soul, if he saw what

    Has befallen me through you, my enemy would pity me.