1. كلما قلتُ بقربي

    تنطفي نيرانُ قلبي

    Whenever I said, 'Through my nearness

    the fires of my heart will die out,'

  2. زادني الوصلُ لهيبا

    هكذا حالْ المحبِ

    Union increased my burning.

    Such is the lover's state.

  3. لا بوصلي أتسلى

    لا ولا بالهجر أنسي

    Not in my union do I find solace;

    No, nor is my solace in separation.

  4. ليس للعشق دواءٌ

    فاحتسبْ عَقلا ونفسا

    There is no remedy for passionate love,

    So reckon mind and soul as lost.

  5. إِنني أسلمتُ أمري

    في الهوى معنى وحسّا

    Indeed, I have surrendered my affairs

    In love, in spirit and in sense.

  6. ما بقى إِلا التفاني

    حبذا في الحب نحبي

    Nothing remains but self-annihilation.

    How welcome is my death in love!

  7. إِنني بالموت راضِ

    هكذا حالُ المحبُ

    Indeed, I am content with death.

    Such is the lover's state.

  8. يا حبيبي بحياتكْ

    بحياتك يا حبيبي

    O my beloved, by your life!

    By your life, O my beloved!

  9. رِقْ لي وانظر لحالي

    إِنتَ أدرى بالذي بي

    Take pity on me and look at my plight.

    You know best what is within me.

  10. أنت دائي ودوائي

    فتلطفْ يا طبيبي

    You are my illness and my remedy,

    So be gentle, O my physician.

  11. إِن يكنْ يُرْضكَ قتلي

    فاجعلْ القتلَ بقربي

    If killing me should please you,

    Then let the killing come through my nearness.

  12. إنني بالوصِل أفنى

    هكذا حالُ المحب

    Indeed, through union I am annihilated.

    Such is the lover's state.

  13. قد سلبتم ودادي

    يا مِلاحَ الحي نفسي

    You have indeed stolen my affection,

    O beauties of the quarter—and my soul.

  14. إِنما يُسبى فؤادي

    غير تالفي وأنسي

    My heart is taken captive only

    By one other than my undoing and my solace.

  15. فبهذا زاد عشقاً

    ورضى بالعشِق صحبي

    So through this it grew in passion,

    And my companions were content with love.

  16. وتفانينا جميعا

    هكذا حالُ المحبِ

    And we all were annihilated.

    Such is the lover's state.

  17. أنت في كلِ جميلْ

    وجمالي يا مطاعْ

    You are in every beautiful thing,

    And you are my beauty, O obeyed one.

  18. قد تجليتَ لقلبي

    مسفراً دون قناعْ

    You have revealed yourself to my heart,

    Unveiled, without a veil.

  19. وعلى عشقِ الجمالْ

    طبعَ الله طباعْ

    And with love of beauty

    God has imprinted our natures.

  20. آه يا تمزيقَ قلبي

    آه يا قتلي وسلبي

    Ah, O rending of my heart!

    Ah, O my slaying and my dispossession!

  21. متُ من لطفِ الشمائل

    هكذا حالُ المحبِ

    I died of the grace of those traits.

    Such is the lover's state.

  22. كلُ صبِّ مات وجداً

    يشتكي حَرّ الدلالْ

    Every lovesick one who died of longing

    Laments the heat of coquetry.

  23. وأنا بالعشقِ وحدي

    نشتكي بردَ الوصالْ

    While I alone, in love,

    Lament the coldness of union.

  24. ناسَب اللطفُ وجودي

    فتفانى بالجمال

    Gentleness matched my being,

    So it was annihilated through beauty.

  25. عشتُ طولَ الدهر فاني

    مستهامَ العقل مسبي

    I lived throughout time, annihilated,

    Love-bewildered in mind, taken captive,

  26. طيبَ العيشِ خليعاً

    هكذا حال المحبِ

    With life sweet, free of restraint.

    Such is the lover's state.