1. ما أوجبَ الإعراضَ بعدَ الذي

    قد كانَ من وصلٍ وإيناسِ

    What caused this turning away, after what

    there had been of union and companionship?

  2. اراكِ في الهجرِ كأني أرى

    بأعينٍ ما كنَّ في راسي

    I see you in estrangement as though I see

    with eyes that were not in my head.

  3. فهل لقلبي فيكِ من حيلةٍ

    وهل على قلبكِ من باسِ

    So has my heart any recourse with you?

    And does your heart feel any distress?

  4. عن تشبهُ الوردَ فإني من ال

    هوى عرتني هزَّةُ الآسِ

    [Unclear wording about resembling the rose]—for I, through

    love, was seized by the myrtle’s tremor.

  5. ينبئني لحظكِ أنَّ الذي

    سبّب هذا قلبكِ القاسي

    Your glance tells me that what

    caused this is your cruel heart.

  6. فأنتِ تخفي السرَّ لكنما

    تظهرهُ عيناكِ للناسِ

    So you conceal the secret, yet

    your eyes reveal it to people.