1. حتام تخلف وعدي

    وكيف ضيعت عهدي

    How long will you break your promise to me?

    And how have you neglected your pledge to me?

  2. يا اذكر الناس هجرا

    ما كان انساك ودي

    O you most mindful of estrangement among all people,

    what had made you forget my love?

  3. يا قاتلي بجفاه

    تفديك روحيَ تفدي

    O you who slay me with your coldness,

    may my soul ransom you—may it ransom you.

  4. دعني امت فيك وجدا

    تعيش مولاي بعدي

    Let me die of longing for you;

    you will live on after me, my master.

  5. فمن تصدى لظلمي

    حتى اباحك صدي

    Who, then, undertook to wrong me,

    going so far as to let you shun me?

  6. علام قربك ابغي

    وانت تطلب بعدي

    Why do I seek nearness to you,

    while you seek distance from me?

  7. افديك تركي لحظ

    يسطو عليّ جندي

    I would ransom you, Turk-eyed,

    a soldier who assails me.

  8. يرنو بيض حداد

    تجاوزت كل ضد

    He gazes with bright, sharp blades

    that have overcome every foe.

  9. رضيته ليَ مولى

    وليته قال عبدي

    I accepted him as my master;

    and if only he would say, 'My slave.'