1. إن يكنِ الطرفُ بكى شجوَهُ

    فالقلبُ أغراهُ بطولِ البُكا

    If the eye has wept its sorrow,

    the heart has urged it to weep at length.

  2. ولم يَزل يَكتم ما نالهُ

    ولم يَدعهُ الشوقُ حتَّى شكا

    And it kept concealing what had befallen it,

    but longing would not leave it until it complained.

  3. يا مالكَ النفسِ بلحظاتهِ

    ما هَكذا يفعلُ من ملِّكا

    O you whose glances possess the soul,

    one granted mastery does not act this way.

  4. أمسكَ عُذَّاليَ عن عذلِهِم

    لما توسلت إليهم بكا

    My reproachers ceased their reproaches

    when I appealed to them in your name.