1. بذاك الفُتُورِ وهذَا الهَيَف

    يَهُونُ على عاشقيك التَّلَف

    With that languor and this slenderness,

    Death is a light matter to your lovers.

  2. أَطَرتَ القلوبَ بهذا الجمالِ

    وأوقَعتَهَا في الأسى والأَسف

    You sent hearts flying with this beauty,

    And cast them into sorrow and grief.

  3. تكَلَّفَ بَدرُ الدُّجى أن حكى

    مُحَيَّاك لو لم يَشنهُ الكَلف

    The night's full moon strove to imitate

    Your face—if only its dark patches did not mar it.

  4. وقام بُعذري فيك العذارُ

    وأَجرى دموعي لما وَقَف

    And your cheek-down pleaded my excuse for loving you,

    And set my tears flowing when it stood still.

  5. وكم عاذلٍ أنكَرَ الوجدَ فيك

    عليَّ فلمَّا رآك اعتَرَف

    And many a reproacher condemned passion for you

    In me; yet when he saw you, he conceded.

  6. وقالوا به صَلَفٌ زائدُ

    فقلتُ رضيتُ بذاك الصَّلَف

    And they said, 'He is excessively haughty.'

    So I said, 'I am content with that haughtiness.'

  7. لئن ضاع عمري فيمن سواك

    غراماً فإن عليك الخَلَف

    If indeed my life was wasted on someone other than you,

    In love, then you owe me recompense.

  8. فهاك يدي إنني تائبٌ

    فقل لي عَفَا اللَه عما سَلَف

    So take my hand: I am repentant.

    So tell me, 'May God pardon what has passed.'

  9. بجوهر ثغرِك ماءُ الحياة

    فماذا يَضُرُّك لو يُرتَشَف

    In the jewels of your mouth lies the water of life;

    So what harm would it do you if it were sipped?

  10. ولم أرَ من قبله جوهراً

    من البهرَمانِ عليه صَدَف

    And before it, I had never seen a jewel

    With a safflower-red shell upon it.

  11. أكاتم وجدي حتى أراك

    فَيَعرفُ بالحالِ من لا عرف

    I conceal my passion until I see you,

    Then even one who did not know understands from my state.

  12. وهيهات يَخفى غرامك عليك

    بطَرفٍ همي وبقلبٍ رَجَف

    And never could my love for you be hidden from you,

    With an eye streaming tears and a trembling heart.