1. أَلَهفَ أَبي لَمّا أَدَمتُ لَكِ الهَوى

    وَأَصفَيتُكِ الوُدَّ الَّذي هُوَ ظاهِرُ

    O my father's anguish, when I kept my love for you alive,

    And gave you pure affection, plain to see,

  2. وَجاهَرتُ فيكِ الناسَ حَتّى أَضَرَّ بي

    مُجاهَرَتي القَومَ الَّذينَ أُجاهِرُ

    And spoke openly to people about you, until it harmed me—

    My speaking openly to the people I address so openly.

  3. وَأَنتِ كَفَيءِ الغُصنِ بَيناً يُظِلُّني

    وَيُعجِبُني إِذ زَعزَعَتهُ الأَعاصِرُ

    And you are like a bough's shade: while it sheltered me

    And delighted me, suddenly the whirlwinds shook it;

  4. فَصارَ لِغَيري ظِلُّهُ وَهَواؤُهُ

    وَدارَت بِجِسمي بَعدَ ذاكَ الهَواجِرُ

    So its shade and breeze became another's,

    And after that the noonday heats encircled my body.