1. هَذا هَواكَ وَهَذِهِ آثارُهُ

    أَمّا الفُؤادُ فَلا يَقَرُّ قَرارُهُ

    This is love for you, and these are its traces.

    As for the heart, it finds no rest.

  2. يَصِلُ الأَنينَ بِزَفرَةٍ مَوصولَةٍ

    بِغَليلِ شَوقٍ لَيسَ تُطفا نارُهُ

    It joins moaning to a sigh bound

    To the burning thirst of longing whose fire goes unquenched.

  3. وَدَعا الدُموعَ فَأَقبَلَت مُنهَلَّةً

    شَوقاً وَذاكَ قُصارُها وَقُصارُهُ

    And it summoned tears, and they came pouring down,

    Out of longing—and that is all they and the heart can do—

  4. مِن طَرفِ مُمتَنِعِ الرُقادِ مُتَيَّمٍ

    أَرِقٍ سَواءٌ لَيلُهُ وَنَهارُهُ

    From an eye that shuns sleep, enslaved by love,

    Sleepless, its night and day alike.