1. تملَّكتموا عقلي وطرفي ومسمَعي

    وروحي وأحشائي وكلي بأجمعي

    You have possessed my mind, my gaze, and my hearing,

    And my soul, my innermost parts—my whole self, entirely.

  2. وتيّهتُموني في بديع جمالِكُم

    ولم أدر في مجر الهوى أينَ موضعي

    And you have left me bewildered in your wondrous beauty,

    And I knew not where I stood in the course of love.

  3. وأوصَيتُموني لا أبوح بسرِّكُم

    فباحَ بما أخفي تفيضُ أدمعي

    And you charged me not to disclose your secret,

    Yet my overflowing tears revealed what I concealed.

  4. ولمّا فنى صبري وقلَّ تجلُّدي

    وفارَقتني نومي وحُرِّمَت مضجعي

    And when my patience was spent and my fortitude waned,

    And my sleep forsook me, and my bed was denied me,

  5. أتَيت لقاضي الحبِّ قُلتُ أحبِّتي

    جفوني وقالوا أنت في الحبِّ مدّعي

    I came to the judge of love and said: My beloveds

    Have shunned me and said, “You are a pretender in love.”

  6. وعندي شهودٌ للصَبابةِ والأسا

    يزكّونَ ذعوايَ إذا جئتُ أدعي

    And I have witnesses to my ardent longing and sorrow,

    Who substantiate my claim whenever I come to plead:

  7. سهادي ووجدي واكتئابي ولوعتي

    وشوقي وسقمي واصفراري وأدمعي

    My sleeplessness, my passion, my dejection, and my burning anguish,

    And my yearning, my sickness, my pallor, and my tears.

  8. ومن عجبٍ أني أحنُّ إليهِم

    واسألُ شوقاً عنهم وهمُ معي

    And it is a wonder that I yearn for them,

    And ask after them in longing, though they are with me.

  9. وتبكيهُم عيني وهم في سوادِها

    ويشكو النوى نبي وهم بين أضلُعي

    And my eye weeps for them, though they are within its dark pupil,

    And a prophet [as written] laments separation, though they are between my ribs.

  10. فإن طلبوني في حقوقِ هواهُم

    فإني فقيرٌ لا عليَّ ولا معي

    So if they call me to account for the dues of their love,

    Then I am a pauper, owing nothing and owning nothing.

  11. وإن سجنوني في سجونِ جفاهُم

    دخَلتُ عليهم بالشفيعِ المُشَفَّعِ

    And if they imprison me in the prisons of their estrangement,

    I shall enter their presence with the intercessor whose plea is accepted.