1. حتى م اجري في ميادين الهوى

    والقلب مني للهوى موثوق

    How long shall I run through the fields of love,

    while my heart is bound to love?

  2. واطير في سرح الهيام بحيرة

    لا سابق ابدا ولا مسبوق

    And fly bewildered through the open reaches of passion,

    neither ever ahead nor left behind?

  3. ما هزني طرب الى رمل الحمى

    من عالج الا ولاح فروق

    No delight has stirred me toward the sands of the protected land

    from ʿĀlij without Furūq appearing.

  4. والعين لم تطمح لرؤية حاجر

    الا تعرض اجرع وعقيق

    My eye has never aspired to see Ḥājir

    without Ajraʿ and ʿAqīq coming into view.

  5. شوق باطراف البلاد مفرق

    وله من الوله الملح رفيق

    Longing is scattered across the ends of the land,

    and it has a charming companion in ardent love.

  6. قد راح يجمع في تباريح الهوى

    بجوى شتيت الشمل منه فريق

    Amid love’s torments, it has begun to gather

    with anguish what separation has scattered.

  7. ومدامع وكفت بعارض مزنة

    منها صبوح ممطر وغبوق

    And tears have poured like a passing rain cloud,

    giving rain at morning and at evening.

  8. خجلت لمثقلها السحاب وللنوى

    لمعت لها بين الضلوع بروق

    The clouds blushed before their heavy downpour; at parting,

    lightning flashed for them between the ribs.

  9. فكأن جفني بالدموع موكل

    وكأن لبي للاسا صندوق

    It is as though my eyelid were assigned to tears,

    and my heart were a chest for sorrow.

  10. وكأن روحي للولوه اسيرة

    وكان قلبي للجوى مخلوق

    It is as though my soul were captive to yearning,

    and my heart were made for anguish.

  11. قدم الزمان وصار شوقي عادة

    فالعين تدمع والفؤاد خفوق

    Time has passed, and my longing has become a habit:

    my eye weeps, and my heart keeps beating.

  12. قد هون الادمان صعب تولهي

    فليتركن دلاله المعشوق

    Habit has eased the hardship of my infatuation;

    let the beloved give up such coyness.

  13. قد كان في الهجران ما يزع الهوى

    وتقوم للمجد الصميم حقوق

    Separation held enough to restrain love,

    and the claims of true honor arise.

  14. وتعز نفس ما اذل جنابها

    لو يستفيق من الغرام مشوق

    A soul whose standing has been humbled could regain its pride

    if a lover woke from infatuation.

  15. لكنني آبي لعهدي ان يرى

    وله الى غير الوفاء زلوق

    But I refuse to let my pledge be seen

    slipping toward anything other than faithfulness,

  16. ونمير منهله المرقرق نوعه

    بعد الصفاء وورده مطروق

    or the sweet water of its rippling spring

    have its clear watering place trampled.

  17. ان عادت الايام لي بطويلع

    ولمسك هاتيك الخدور عبوق

    If the days bring me back to Ṭuwayliʿ,

    and the scent of those veiled chambers is fragrant with musk,

  18. ووقفت بين الراقصات عشية

    او ضمني والظاعنين طريق

    and I stand among the dancers one evening,

    or a road brings me together with the departing travelers,

  19. لانبهن على الغرام بزفرتي

    ولها ليبرد قلبي المحروق

    I shall surely make my love known with a sigh,

    out of longing, to cool my burning heart.

  20. وليحزن الركبان صوت تاوهي

    ولتطربن مما ابث النوق

    The sound of my moaning shall sadden the riders,

    and what I pour out shall surely stir the camels.