1. يا مخجلَ القمر المنيرَ

    بوجههِ في الموهنِ

    O one who shames the radiant moon

    with his face in the depths of night!

  2. ويلاه من قلبٍ لهُ

    قاسٍ وعطفٍ لينَ

    Alas for that heart of his,

    so hard, and that supple flank!

  3. فارقتني فعدمتُ طيبَ

    العيش مذ فارقتني

    You left me, and I lost the sweetness

    of life, ever since you left me.

  4. وتظنُّ ذلك هيّناً

    عندي وليس بهيّن

    And you think that a light matter

    to me, yet it is no light matter.

  5. يا ما لقيت من الحصو

    رِ ومن سقام الأعين

    Ah, what I have suffered from the withholding

    one, and from the languor of eyes!

  6. وكذاك كلُّ بديع

    وصفِ الحسن ليس بمحسن

    Likewise, everyone wondrous

    in beauty's qualities is unkind.

  7. وقد كنت مستوراً وأنت

    كما أردتَ فضحتني

    I had remained concealed, but you,

    just as you wished, exposed me.

  8. وتظلُّ تسال عن دمي

    عمداً وأنتَ قتلتني

    And you keep asking about my blood

    deliberately, though you yourself killed me.

  9. يا صاح قم متفضلاً

    فأشرب هنيئاً واسقني

    O friend, rise and be so kind:

    drink with pleasure, and pour for me.

  10. وأدر سلافةِ سلافةَ ذكرهِ

    وبه فديتَ فغنّي

    And pass round pure wine—the pure wine of remembering him;

    and sing of him—may you be ransomed!