1. يا سَروَةً في كَثيبِ

    أَسرَفتَ في تَعذيبي

    O cypress on a sand dune,

    You have gone too far in tormenting me,

  2. وَجُزتَ طَورَ التَجَنّي

    عَلى المُعَنّى الكَئيبِ

    And exceeded the bounds of cruelty

    Toward the tormented, sorrowful one.

  3. وَجُملَةُ الأَمرِ أَنّي

    قَد قَلَّ مِنكَ نَصيبي

    And the sum of the matter is that I

    Have had but a scant share of you.

  4. وَآفَتي فيكَ قَلبي

    لا كانَ بَينَ القُلوبِ

    And my heart is my affliction in loving you—

    May it never have existed among hearts!