1. مَولايَ لا بِتَّ في ضُري وَفي سَهَري

    وَلا لَقيتَ الَّذي أَلقى مِنَ الفِكَرِ

    My lord, may you never spend a night in my suffering and sleeplessness,

    nor endure the anxious thoughts that I endure.

  2. باتَت لِوَعدِكَ عَيني غَيرَ راقِدَةٍ

    وَاللَيلُ حَيُّ الدَياجي مَيِّت السَحَر

    My eye stayed sleepless all night because of your promise,

    while night was alive in its darkness, dead in its predawn hours.

  3. أَوَدُّ مِن قَمَرٍ في الأَرضِ غَيبَتَهُ

    وَأَرقَبُ الشَمسَ مِن شَوقي إِلى القَمَرِ

    I wish a moon would vanish into the earth,

    and watch for the sun out of my longing for the moon.

  4. هَذا وَقَد بِتُّ مِن وَصلِ عَلى ثِقَة

    فَكَيفَ لَو بِتُّ مِن هَجرِ عَلى خَطَر

    All this, though I spent the night assured of union—

    how, then, if I had spent it at risk of separation?