1. حَبيب القلب تفديك العيون

    ويحلو فيكَ ذلّي والشجون

    Beloved of the heart, may the eyes ransom you.

    And in you my abasement and sorrows grow sweet.

  2. فإن هَبت هبوب منك نحوي

    عَلت في القلب دقات السكون

    For if a breeze from you blows toward me,

    The beats of stillness rise within the heart.

  3. ترفق بي وكُن لي غير ناسٍ

    حبيباً يرتوي دمع العيون

    Be gentle with me, and be for me, never forgetful,

    A beloved who drinks his fill of the eyes' tears.

  4. فلولا الحب ما فُطرت سماء

    ولا طلعت على أرضٍ غصون

    For without love, no sky would have been created,

    Nor would branches have sprung up upon the earth.

  5. فإن الحب راحة كل قلب

    وراحة من لقى منه الجنون

    For love is the comfort of every heart,

    And the comfort of whoever has known madness through it.

  6. ولا تعجب إذا أظهرتَ حبي

    فحبي في الحشى صار أتون

    And do not be surprised if you reveal my love,

    For my love has become a furnace within my breast.

  7. فلولا النار ما صعد الدخان

    ولولا الريح ما ماست غصون

    For without fire, smoke would not rise,

    And without the wind, branches would not sway.

  8. فديتك لو نظرت لِنار قلبي

    لما ألهاكَ مال أو بنون

    May I be your ransom! If you looked at my heart's fire,

    Then neither wealth nor sons would distract you,

  9. ولا أنساك من أمسى صريعاً

    يُناجي في الورى رب المنون

    Nor would one who has fallen stricken make you forget,

    Communing among humankind with the Lord of death.

  10. تأكد أنني في النازعات

    وإن القارعات بها الشجون

    Be certain that I am amid those who wrench out souls,

    And indeed, calamities hold sorrows within them.

  11. وطعمك للحياة بغير ودٍ

    كطعمك للطعام بلا بطون

    And your tasting of life without affection

    Is like your tasting of food without stomachs.