1. عاذَ من قلبٍ سليم

    بكَ في جسمٍ سَقيمِ

    He sought refuge from a stricken heart

    in you, in an ailing body—

  2. دَنِفٌ مُبلىً بِداءَي

    نِ حديثٍ وقديمِ

    a lovesick man, afflicted with two ail-

    ments, one new and one old,

  3. بغليلٍ أحرقَ الأح

    شاءَ من حرِّ الهمومِ

    with burning longing that scorched the in-

    nards with the heat of cares.

  4. بأبي من قالَ لي تش

    كو إلى غيرِ رحيمِ

    May my father ransom him who told me, “You com-

    plain to one without mercy.”