1. صَبرتُ وصابرتَ وإني صابرُ

    لَعلَ الذي أهواه يوماً يُسامرُ

    I endured, and you persevered; I remain patient.

    Perhaps the one I love will one day keep me company by night.

  2. ومن عجب أني أُقابلُ بالجفا

    وروحي رهن في يَدي من يُكابرُ

    And it is strange that I am met with coldness,

    While my soul is held hostage in the hands of one who will not yield.

  3. ولومي على نفسي لأني أنا الذي

    رَميتُ بِنفسي حيثُ أولاها كاسرُ

    And my blame falls on myself, for it was I who

    Cast myself where a breaker bestowed [his attention] upon it.

  4. ولما رأى حُبي له ليسَ هيناً

    تَمطى بِكُبرٍ أين منه المشاعرُ

    And when he saw that my love for him was no slight thing,

    He stretched himself in arrogance—how far feelings were from him!

  5. تَروم عُلواً أنت أعلى من العُلى

    وإني دوماً للهوى منكَ ساهرُ

    You seek loftiness, yet you are higher than the heights.

    And because of you, I am always wakeful with love.

  6. فَفتش فؤادي كي ترى لكَ ثانياً

    وإن لم تَجد أنت الحبيب المُناصرُ

    So search my heart to find another beside you;

    And if you find none, you are the beloved who lends support.

  7. فَعطفُكَ إحسان ولينُك جنةٍ

    وحُبُكَ روح أو فَهل أنت ناكرُ

    For your tenderness is kindness, and your gentleness is paradise,

    And your love is life's breath—or do you, then, deny it?

  8. تَدلل فقد يَهناكَ قلب عهدته

    يميلُ إلى لُقياكَ لا منكَ نافرُ

    Be coy, for a heart you have known may gladden you,

    It longs to meet you, not to flee from you.