1. إذا كنتَ تجفوني وأنت ذخيرتي

    وموضِعُ شكوايَ فما أنا صَانِعُ

    If you shun me, though you are my treasure,

    And the one to whom I bring my complaints—what am I to do?

  2. أقضّي نهارِي بالحديثِ وَبِالمُنَى

    وَيجمَعُني وَاللَّيلَ للهَمّ جَامِعُ

    I spend my day in conversation and in hopes,

    And a bond of sorrow brings the night and me together.

  3. نهارِي نهارُ النَّاسِ حتَّى إذا بَدَا

    لِيَ اللَّيلُ هَزَّتني إليك المضَاجِعُ

    My day is like everyone else's, until there appears

    Before me the night, and the beds stir me toward you.

  4. حرامٌ على عيني يَلذُّ لها الكَرَى

    كما حُرّمت يوما لموسى المَرَاضِعُ

    Forbidden to my eye is the pleasure of slumber,

    Just as wet nurses were once forbidden to Moses.