1. يومٌ كأنَّ سماءَهُ

    تحكي جفوني حين بِنتا

    A day whose sky seemed

    to mirror my eyelids when you departed,

  2. لمَّا غدتْ كسحائبٍ

    أيقظنَ بالعبراتِ نَبْتَا

    when they became like clouds

    that awakened plants with tears,

  3. مُتَبَسِّماً عن شبه مَبْـ

    ـسمِك البَرُود إذا ابتسمتا

    smiling to reveal the likeness of

    your cool smiling mouth when you smiled,

  4. مُتنسِّماً عن مثل نَشْـ

    ـرِكَ للضجيع إذا انتبهتا

    breathing forth a scent like

    your fragrance for your bedfellow when you awoke.

  5. يا غايتي في مُنْيَتي

    ماذا يَضُرُّك لو مَنَنَتا

    O ultimate object of my desire,

    what harm would it do you to bestow

  6. بِرِضاً يعيشُ ببَرْدِهِ

    قلبٌ بسُخطك قد أَمَتَّا

    favor, whose coolness would give life

    to a heart you have killed with your displeasure,

  7. ورددتَ غُمضاً صدَّ عَنْ

    طَرْفِ المُتيَّم مذ صددتا

    and restore sleep that has turned away from

    the lovesick one's eye since you turned away,

  8. وَبسطتَ من أمل بوصْلـ

    ـلِكَ ما بهجري قد قبضتا

    and unfold, through union with you, the hope

    you had folded away by shunning me?

  9. نفسي فداؤكَ إن جَفْو

    تَ وإن وصلتَ وإن قطعتا

    My soul be your ransom, whether you shun me,

    whether you unite with me or sever our ties.

  10. فاسلم بعيشٍ سالمٍ

    من كل بؤسٍ ما سلِمتا

    So be well, in a life safe

    from every misery, as long as you remain well.