1. أذِكْرُك أم روضُ الدِّنانِ المُروَّقُ

    وإلا فما بالي أطيشُ كأنما

    Is it the thought of you, or the wine-jars’ limpid garden?

    And if not, why do I reel, as though

  2. عَداني لمّا أن ذكرتُك أولَقُ

    وما وجَدَتْ وجدي حمائمُ لم يدَعْ

    madness seized me when I remembered you?

    No doves have known my yearning—doves deprived

  3. لها الزّهْرُ شملاً والزمانُ مفرِّقُ

    وإني لأهوى الليلَ لا لرقادِه

    of union by the blossoms, while time scatters.

    And I do love the night, not for its slumber,

  4. ولكن لعلّ الطيفَ في النومِ يطرُقُ

    وأرْعى دَراريه لعلميَ أنها

    but in hope that your phantom may visit me in sleep.

    And I watch its radiant stars, knowing that they

  5. الى حُسْنِ مرآكَ البديع تُحدِّقُ

    ولو لم يحدِّقْ نحوه لم يكن لها

    gaze upon the beauty of your wondrous appearance.

    And were they not gazing toward it, they would have

  6. ضياءً إذا جنّ الدُجى يتألّقُ

    no radiance to sparkle when deep darkness falls.