1. أَمّا رِضاكَ فَعِلقٌ ما لَهُ ثَمَنٌ

    لَو كانَ سامَحَني في وَصلِهِ الزَمَنُ

    As for your favor, it is a treasure beyond price—

    If only time had allowed me to attain it.

  2. تَبكي فِراقَكَ عَينٌ أَنتَ ناظِرُها

    قَد لَجَّ في هَجرِها عَن هَجرِكَ الوَسَنُ

    An eye whose pupil you are weeps at parting from you;

    Slumber has persisted in shunning it because of your desertion.

  3. إِنَّ الزَمانَ الَّذي عَهدي بِهِ حَسَنٌ

    قَد حالَ مُذ غابَ عَنّي وَجهُكَ الحَسَنُ

    Indeed, time, which I once knew as kind,

    Has changed since your beautiful face vanished from my sight.

  4. أَنتَ الحَياةُ فَإِن يُقدَر فِراقُكَ لي

    فَليُحفَرِ القَبرُ أَو فَليُحضَرِ الكَفَنُ

    You are life; so if separation from you is decreed for me,

    Then let the grave be dug, or let the shroud be brought.

  5. وَاللَهِ ما ساءَني أَنّي جُفيتُ ضَنىً

    بَل ساءَني أَنَّ سِرّي بِالضَنى عَلَنُ

    By God, it did not grieve me that I was shunned and wasting away;

    Rather, it grieved me that my secret was exposed through my wasting sickness.

  6. لَو كانَ أَمرِيَ في كَتمِ الهَوى بِيَدي

    ما كانَ يَعلَمُ ما في قَلبِيَ البَدَنُ

    If it were in my hands to conceal my love,

    My body would not know what lies within my heart.