1. زفَراتٌ لِلقَلبِ فيها إِذا ما

    ضَرَّمَتها الهُومُ فيهِ أَزيزُ

    The heart has sighs in which, whenever

    Worries kindle them, a crackling sounds within it.

  2. زَعَموا أَنَّ مَن يُحِبُّ ذَليلٌ

    فَكَذا كُلُّ مَن يُحِبُّ عَزيزُ

    They claimed that whoever loves is humbled;

    So likewise, everyone who loves is honored.

  3. زارَ تَحتَ الكرى فَسَهَّلَ أَمراً

    كانَ إِن رُمت وَهوَ صَعبٌ حَريزُ

    He visited in sleep and made easy a matter

    That, if I sought it, was difficult and inaccessible.

  4. زِلتُ في أَمرِهِ أَكَفكِفُ دَمعاً

    ساقَهُ لِلجُفونِ شَوقٌ حَميزُ

    I kept wiping away tears on his account,

    Which a searing longing drove to my eyelids.