1. ومَليحَةٍ أخَذَتْ فُؤادي كلّه

    وجَرَتْ بحكمِ غرامِها الأَقْدارُ

    And a lovely woman took my whole heart,

    And the fates followed the dictates of love for her.

  2. فتَّانة باللّحظ ساحرة به

    ومن اللّواحظ فاتنٌ سحَّارُ

    Beguiling with a glance, enchanting with it,

    And among glances is a beguiler, a potent sorcerer.

  3. خَفَرَتْ غداةَ البين ذمَّة وامقٍ

    سُلِبَ القرارَ فما لديه قرارُ

    On parting's morning, she broke faith with a lover,

    Robbed of rest, he has no rest.

  4. وَدَّعْتُها يوم الرَّحيل وفي الحشا

    نارٌ وفي وَجَناتها أنوارُ

    I bade her farewell on departure's day, while in my breast

    Was fire, and on her cheeks were lights.

  5. والرَّكبُ مُلْتمِسٌ نوًى بغريرةٍ

    تُرمى لها الأَنجاد والأَغوار

    And the caravan seeks distant lands with an innocent maiden,

    For whom the uplands and the lowlands are traversed.

  6. بمدامعٍ باحتْ بأَسرار الهوى

    للعاذلين وللهوى أسرارُ

    With tears that divulged love's secrets

    To the reproachers—and love has secrets.

  7. لا ينْكُرنَّ المستهام دموعه

    ممَّا يَجنّ فإنَّها إقرار

    Let the love-stricken man not deny his tears,

    Born of what he hides, for they are a confession.

  8. وخَلَتْ لها في الرّقمتين منازل

    كانت تلوح لنا بها أَقمار

    And her dwellings at al-Raqmatayn lie deserted,

    Moons used to shine for us there.

  9. يا دارها جادتك ساجمة الحيا

    وجَرَتْ عليكِ سيولها الأَمطار

    O her dwelling, may pouring rain bless you,

    And may the rains' torrents flow over you.

  10. أَأُميمُ ما لي كلّ آنٍ مرَّ بي

    وهواك تستهوي ليَ الأَفكار

    O Umaym, why, with every moment that passes me,

    Does love for you beguile my thoughts?

  11. أُمسي وأُصبحُ والجوى ذاك الجوى

    واللَّيل ليلٌ والنهَّار نهار

    I reach evening and morning, and heartache is the same heartache;

    And night is night, and day is day.

  12. لا أستفيقُ من الخمار وكيفَ لي

    بالصَّحْو منه وثغرك الخمَّار

    I cannot shake off the wine's stupor; how could I

    Sober up from it, when your mouth is the wine-seller?

  13. أَتنفّس الصّعداء يبعث عبرتي

    لهفٌ عليك كما تُشَبُّ النَّار

    I heave a deep sigh; my tears are stirred

    By yearning for you, as fire is kindled.

  14. إنْ كانَ غاضَ الصَّبر بعد فراقها

    منِّي فهاتيك الدُّموع غزار

    If patience, after parting from her, has ebbed

    From me, then those tears are copious.

  15. إنِّي لأَطربْ في إعادة ذكرها

    ما أَطْرَبتْ نغماتها الأَوطار

    I truly rejoice in speaking of her again,

    As much as her melodies have enraptured desires.

  16. ما لي على جند الهوى من ناصرٍ

    عزَّ الغرام وذلَّت الأَنصار

    I have no helper against love's army;

    Passion has grown mighty, and the helpers have been humbled.

  17. ليستْ تقالُ لديه عثرة مغرمٍ

    حتَّى كأَنَّ ذنوبها استغفار

    No lover's stumble is pardoned in its presence,

    So much so that her sins seem a plea for forgiveness.