1. سَأَبكي عَلى ما فاتَ مِنّي صَبابَةً

    وَأَندُبُ أَيّامَ السُرورِ الذَواهِبِ

    I shall weep with longing for what has slipped away from me,

    And mourn the days of joy now gone.

  2. وَأَمنَعُ عَيني أَن تَلَذَّ بِغَيرِكُم

    وَإِنّي وَإِن جانَبتُ غَيرُ مُجانِبِ

    And forbid my eye to delight in anyone but you.

    And though I have kept away, I am not estranged.

  3. وَخَيرُ زَمانٍ كُنتُ أَرجو دُنُوَّهُ

    رَمَتني عُيونُ الناسِ مِن كُلِّ جانِبِ

    And in the best of times, whose coming I had hoped for,

    People's eyes assailed me from every side.

  4. فَأَصبَحتُ مَرحوماً وَكُنتُ مُحَسَّداً

    فَصَبراً عَلى مَكروهِها وَالعَواقِبِ

    So I became an object of pity, though I had been much envied.

    So be patient with its hardships and the consequences.

  5. وَلَم أَرَها إِلّا ثَلاثاً عَلى مِنىً

    وَعَهدي بِها عَذراءُ ذاتُ ذَوائِبِ

    And I saw her only three times at Mina,

    And I remember her as a maiden with braids.

  6. تَبَدَّت لَنا كَالشَمسِ تَحتَ غَمامَةٍ

    بَدا حاجِبٌ مِنها وَضَنَّت بِحاجِبِ

    She appeared to us like the sun beneath a cloud:

    One eyebrow of hers appeared, and she withheld the other.