1. يا مَن يَصدُّ تركتَ قلبي مُدنفاً

    جزِعاً وغايةُ مثلهِ أن يكلَفا

    O you who turn away, you have left my heart wasting with love,

    Distraught—and the utmost for such a heart is to be consumed by love.

  2. يا مَن تحيرَ حسنُهُ في وجههِ

    أينَ الوِصالُ وأين أيامُ الصفا

    O you whose beauty is bewildered within your face,

    Where is union, and where are the days of serenity?

  3. يا من وفى قلبي له وتضمنت

    نفسي له مقةَ الحبيبِ وما وفى

    O you to whom my heart was faithful, while

    My soul harbored for you the love one bears a beloved—yet you were not faithful.

  4. ما كانَ صبركَ حينَ اسمَعكَ الهوى

    شَكوى المحبِّ الليل أن تتعطفا

    What patience had you when passion made you hear

    The lover's complaint by night, that you might show tenderness?