1. بينَ الجَوانحِ والحشا ألمُ

    تَركَ الجفونَ دموعهنَّ دَمُ

    Between the ribs and the entrails is pain.

    It has left the eyelids with blood for their tears.

  2. كيفَ العزاءُ لقلبِ مكتئبٍ

    ألفَ الغليلَ وكلهُ سَقَمُ

    What solace is there for a sorrowful heart

    that has grown used to burning thirst and is all sickness?

  3. لبِسَ النحولَ فما بمُهجتهِ

    طرفٌ وليسَ تقلُّهُ قَدمُ

    It has donned wasting; in its soul there is no

    flicker, nor does a foot bear it.

  4. يَخفَى الهَوى يا من كَلفتُ بهِ

    أو ذلةُ المشتاقِ تنكَتِمُ

    Can love be hidden, O you of whom I am enamored,

    or the longing lover's abasement be concealed?