1. أنبيك يا حاني الوشام

    يا جوذري يا ريم يا عيطلي

    I tell you, O you with curving tattoo marks,

    O my fawn, O gazelle, O my tall, long-necked one,

  2. منذ غبت لم أهنا منامي

    ولا صفا عيشي ولا لذلي

    Since you went away, I have not enjoyed my sleep,

    Nor has my life been serene or sweet to me.

  3. إلا معنىّ مستهام

    مخطوف الاحشا مشغف مبتلى

    I am but tormented, mad with love,

    My heart stolen, consumed by love, afflicted.

  4. أقبل عليّ واطفي ضرامي

    بقبلة من فيك يا ماطلي

    Come to me and quench my blaze

    With a kiss from your mouth, O you who keep me waiting.

  5. لعل فيها شفائي

    يكون مرهم لدائي

    Perhaps in it lies my healing;

    It may be a balm for my ailment.

  6. إلى متى أنت نائي

    How long will you remain far away?

  7. باللَه يا أهيف القوام

    لا تهملين الودّ لا تهملي

    By God, O you of slender form,

    Do not neglect love—do not neglect it.

  8. إني وعينيك الحوام

    لا أستمع ما ينقوا عذّلي

    Indeed, I swear by your roving eyes:

    I do not heed what my reproachers say.

  9. هجراك يا محبوب قلبي

    موتى ووصلك بغيتي والمراد

    Your estrangement, O beloved of my heart,

    Is my death; union with you is my desire and aim.

  10. وأنت سبب سقمي وطبي

    ونور أعياني ولبّ الفؤاد

    And you are the cause of my sickness and my cure,

    And the light of my eyes and the core of my heart.

  11. إلى متى يا صفو كربي

    ألفى وصالك قبل طول البعاد

    When, O solace of my distress,

    Shall I find union with you, before separation grows long?

  12. ويا هيامي يا هيامي

    من فارقك يا منيتي ما سلى

    And oh, my lovesickness, oh, my lovesickness!

    Whoever parts from you, O my heart's desire, finds no solace.

  13. من فارقك كيف يسلى

    ولم يذق لذّة أصلا

    How can one parted from you find solace,

    When he has tasted no pleasure at all?

  14. مهلاً بخادمك مهلا

    Be gentle with your servant—be gentle!

  15. عليه لا تطل الصرام

    فجسمه من عشقتك قد بلى

    Do not prolong your estrangement from him,

    For his body has wasted away from love of you.

  16. يا مزريا بدر التمام

    يا ساجي الأعيان يا أكحل

    O you who put the full moon to shame,

    O languid-eyed one, O kohl-dark-eyed one,

  17. منذ شدّت العيس الهجان

    ما ذاقت أعياني لذيذ المنام

    Since the noble white camels were saddled,

    My eyes have not tasted the sweetness of sleep.

  18. ولا صفا مشرب القناني

    إلا معنى واله مستهام

    Nor has drinking from the bottles been pleasant.

    I am but tormented, distraught, mad with love.

  19. والجسم لي منحول ضاني

    وأدمعي من فوق خدّي سجام

    And this body of mine is wasted, ailing,

    And my tears stream down over my cheek.

  20. ويا سقامي يا سقامي

    متى الكدر من باطني ينجلي

    And oh, my sickness, oh, my sickness!

    When will the gloom lift from within me,

  21. بقرب غزلان حاجر

    مكحلات النواظر

    Through nearness to the gazelles of Hajir,

    Their eyes adorned with kohl?

  22. وأرى القبب والمنابر

    And when shall I see the domes and pulpits,

  23. وأزور من ساد الأنام

    الهاشمي المصطفى المرسل

    And visit him who is master of humankind—

    The Hashimite, the Chosen One, the Messenger?

  24. عليه منا ألفا سلام

    ما غرّد القمري مع البلبل

    Upon him be two thousand greetings of peace from us,

    As long as the turtledove sings with the bulbul.