1. هبوني أخفيت الذي بي من الهوى

    ألم يك عن ما بي ضمير مترجما

    Grant that I concealed the love within me:

    did not my inner self give voice to what was within me?

  2. وما زلت أستحيي من الناس أن أرى

    ظلوماً لألفي أو أرى متظلما

    And I have always been ashamed before people to be seen

    as unjust to my beloved, or to be seen complaining of injustice.

  3. وباللَه ما حلت الغداة عن الذي

    عهدت ولكن كنت إذا ذاك منعما

    By God, this morning I have not changed from what

    you knew of me; but then I was blessed.

  4. وقد ذاب قلبي اليوم شوقاً وصبوةً

    إليك وما ترثي لقلبي منهما

    And today my heart has melted with longing and passion

    for you, yet you show no pity for my heart's suffering from both.

  5. فلا تتعجب أن تظلمت محوجاً

    فقد حان للمظلوم أن يتظلما

    So do not be surprised that, in my need, I have complained of injustice;

    for the time has come for the wronged to complain of injustice.