ذو مطالٍ تعلَّمَت

ذو مطالٍ تعلَّمَت

سَلوَتي مِن مِطالِهِ

سَلوَتي مِن مِطالِهِ

He is given to delay; it has learned—

my solace—from his delaying.

أمنعُ الطَّرفَ نومَهُ

أمنعُ الطَّرفَ نومَهُ

خَشيَةً مِن خَيالِهِ

خَشيَةً مِن خَيالِهِ

I deny my eyes their sleep,

for fear of his apparition.

والأَسى مِن هَواهُ مِث

والأَسى مِن هَواهُ مِث

لُ الأَسى مِن مِثالِهِ

لُ الأَسى مِن مِثالِهِ

And the sorrow of loving him is like

the sorrow his likeness brings.