1. أنا لم استطع بحبِّكَ كتما

    لم يحِط بالذي بقلبِي عِلما

    I could not conceal my love for you.

    He did not fully comprehend what was in my heart.

  2. عِش سليماً ولا تبيتُ بوجدٍ

    رعتَ قلباً بهِ وأنحلتَ جسما

    Live unharmed, and do not pass the night in the anguish

    With which you frightened a heart and wasted a body.

  3. سكنت في جوارحي حَسراتٌ

    جرَّحتها فكلُّها بكَ تدمى

    Sorrows have settled in my limbs;

    They have wounded them, so all bleed because of you.

  4. كن رَحيما فقد ملكتَ سقيماً

    لا تزده بطولِ هجرِكَ سُقما

    Be merciful, for you hold an ailing man in your power.

    Do not worsen his sickness through your long abandonment.