1. يا قاسيَ القَلبِ لَيسَ اللَفظُ مَطمَعَهُ

    ساجي الجُفونِ حَنينَ اللَحظِ راحمَهُ

    O hard-hearted one, words are not what he longs for.

    Languid of eyelids, tender of glance, have compassion on him.

  2. أَما تَرِقُّ لِصَبٍّ فيك مُكتَئِبٍ

    عفٍّ غَدا صادِقاً في الودِّ كاتِمَهُ

    Will you not pity a lovesick man, despondent over you,

    Chaste, grown sincere in love, concealing it?

  3. أَشبَهتَ يوسُفَ حُسنا وَالمُحبُّ لَهُ

    سَبعٌ شِدادٌ عَصى فيهن لائِمَهُ

    You resemble Joseph in beauty, and your lover has

    Seven harsh years, during which he defied his reproacher.

  4. يَلومُهُ لَيسَ يَدري من يَهيمُ بِهِ

    لَكن يَراهُ حَزينَ القَلبِ هائِمَهُ

    He reproaches him, not knowing whom he adores,

    But sees him sorrowful and distraught at heart.

  5. كَفاهُ مِنكَ وِصالاً أَن تُكالِمَهُ

    وَأَن يَراكَ وَإِن أصبَحتَ كالِمَهُ

    It suffices him, as union with you, that you speak to him,

    And that he sees you, even if you now wound him.