1. أغرَّك صبري وفرط ودادي

    فعرَّضتني للأسى والسهاد

    Did my patience and the excess of my affection deceive you,

    so that you subjected me to sorrow and sleeplessness?

  2. وقد نفد اليوم صبري وإني

    بقيت من الصبر من غير زاد

    And today my patience has run out, and I

    am left with no store of patience.

  3. وأسكرني في الهوى ملء عيني

    فكيف أقوم بملء فؤادي

    And in love, what fills my eye has intoxicated me;

    so how can I stand with my heart full?

  4. وباح لسان الأسى بغرامي

    وشاعت أحاديثه في البلاد

    And sorrow's tongue has revealed my passion,

    and tales of it have spread throughout the land.

  5. وما بمرادي رضيت افتضاحي

    ولكن رضيت بغير مرادي

    And I did not willingly accept my public disgrace,

    but I accepted it against my will.

  6. إلام تطيل جفاك وأشقى

    بعين الرقيب وعذل الأعادي

    How long will you prolong your coldness, while I suffer

    under the watcher's eye and the enemies' reproaches?

  7. فلو زار طيفك باب الجفون

    لصادف فيه رقيب السهاد

    So if your phantom visited the gate of my eyelids,

    it would encounter there the sentinel of sleeplessness.