1. ٍأجِدُّ إليكِ في عُتْب

    لكي تأتي على ضجر!

    I hasten toward you with reproach,

    so that you may put an end to weariness!

  2. أنا الشاكي أنا الباكي

    من الآهات والسَّهرِ

    I am the one who complains; I am the one who weeps

    from sighs and wakefulness.

  3. وَمَا بِي مِنْ سُهَادِ اللَّيل :

    إبْحَارٌ بلاَ سَفر

    And the night's sleeplessness that afflicts me:

    a sailing without a journey.

  4. وشطآني التي قَُربَت

    من الواحات والجُزُر

    And my shores, which have drawn near

    to the oases and the islands,

  5. أظلُّ . . أظلُّ أَرْقُبها

    ويَحْمِلْنِي لَها قدري

    I keep on... I keep on watching them,

    and my destiny carries me to them.

  6. وشعري مبحر في الشوق

    من فكرٍ إلى فِكَرِ

    And my poetry sails in longing,

    from one thought to many thoughts.

  7. أحدق تائهاً علِّي

    أفوز بصادق الخَبَرِ

    I gaze, bewildered, hoping I may

    gain true tidings.

  8. وأسألُ سارحات الطَّير

    عَنْ حُبِّي ، وَعَنْ قَمري

    And I ask the wandering birds

    about my love, and about my moon.

  9. تُرَاهُ غَابَ عَنْ عَيْني

    ولم أبلغ بِهِ وَطَري؟!

    Has he, I wonder, vanished from my sight,

    while I have not fulfilled my desire with him?!

  10. وأذكر أغنيات الحب

    يعزفُ لحنَها وتَري

    And I recall the songs of love;

    my string plays their melody.

  11. لَقَدْ رحلَتْ صَبابَاتٌ ...

    مضَتْ فِي زَحْمَةِ العُمُرِ

    Indeed, passionate longings have departed...

    they passed amid life's bustle.