1. قلبٌ بكى في ضَميرِ مرتهنِ

    يسعدُ طرفاً بدمعِ مكتمِنِ

    A heart wept within a captive's soul,

    helping an eye to weep with hidden tears.

  2. كِلاهُما عذبا بِما جَنيا

    فَمن رأى مدنفين في بدنِ

    Both were tormented for what they had done;

    who, then, has seen two lovesick sufferers in one body?

  3. كساهما الوجدُ حلةً بليت

    وهي جديدٌ من صنعة الحزنِ

    Love's anguish clothed them both in a robe that wore out,

    though still new, of sorrow's making.

  4. وَكل هَذا شوقٌ إلى حسنٍ

    لم يُرزقا من فَعالهِ الحسنِ

    And all this is longing for Hasan,

    yet neither has been blessed with his kind treatment.