1. إليك توجُّهي ولديك فكري

    وفيك تولُّهي وعليك صبري

    Toward you I turn, and with you my thoughts dwell.

    In you is my rapture, and for you my endurance.

  2. وحيث خفي على الخمّار سرّي

    يكلّفني المدام وأنتم سكري

    And since my secret was hidden from the wine-seller,

    he presses wine upon me, while you are my intoxication.

  3. ولم أطقِ الشراب على الشرابِ

    وأنى لي بذا والقلب أمسى

    And I could not bear wine upon wine.

    And how could I, when the heart has become

  4. لسفن موارد النفحات مرسى

    فهل بسواك ألقى اليوم أنسا

    a harbor for the ships from the wellsprings of breezes?

    So can I find comfort today with anyone but you?

  5. وإني من هواك شربت كأسا

    فلا أصحو إلى يوم الحسابِ

    And indeed, from love of you I have drunk a cup,

    so I shall not sober until the Day of Reckoning.