1. غَلا الحُبُّ فابذُل فيهِ نَفسَكَ طَائعاً

    لَعَلَّكَ إن يمَّمتَ حِبَّكَ تَبلغ

    Love is costly, so willingly give yourself for it;

    Perhaps, if you turn toward your beloved, you will arrive.

  2. غليلُ الأسَى عَمَّا أُكِنُّ مُتَرجِمٌ

    وإنَّ لِسَانَ الحَالِ أمضَى وأبلَغُ

    Sorrow's burning ache gives voice to what I conceal;

    And indeed, the tongue of one's condition is keener and more eloquent.

  3. غَلِطتُ وقَد عَرَّضتُ قَلبِي للهَوى

    فأصبَحَ مِن كُُلِّ الجَوانبِ يُلدغُ

    I erred, for I had exposed my heart to passion;

    So it came to be stung from every side.

  4. غَريقُ جُفونٍ أو حَريقُ جَوانحٍ

    فَها أنَالاَ انفَكُّ أُضحِي وأنشَغُ

    With drowned eyelids or ribs aflame—

    So here I am, morning after morning, choking with sobs.

  5. غَفَوتُ لَعَلِّي أن أرَى مَن أُحِبُّهُ

    وأينَ الكَرَى مِن سَاهرٍ يتمَرَّغُ

    I dozed, hoping to see the one I love;

    But how far slumber is from a wakeful man who tosses and turns!

  6. غَضَضتُ جُفونِي عَن سِواكَ لأنَّني

    رَأيتُ فُؤادِي مِنكَ لا يتفرَّغُ

    I closed my eyelids to all but you, because I

    found that my heart is never free of you.

  7. غَلبتَ عَلِى قَلبي وسَمعِي ونَاظِري

    فَحُكمُكَ في سِرِّي وجَهرِي يُسَوَّغُ

    You have conquered my heart, my hearing, and my sight;

    So your rule in my private and public life is sanctioned.

  8. غَنِيمَةُ أهلِ الحُبِّ سُهدٌ ومَدمَعٌ

    كذاكَ هِلالُ الحُبِّ في القَلبِ يَنزغُ

    The spoils of lovers are sleeplessness and tears;

    Thus love's crescent stirs unrest within the heart.

  9. غِياباتُ قَلبِي للمحبَّةِ مَطلَعٌ

    ولا شَكَّ أنَّ الصَّابَ بالرَّغمِ يُمضَغُ

    My heart's dark recesses are love's rising-place;

    And surely bitter sap is chewed against one's will.

  10. غَريبُ الهَوى فِي راحَتَيهِ كتابُهُ

    وَلكِنَّهُ قَلَّ الأمِينُ المُبَلِّغُ

    Love's exile holds his letter in his palms,

    But a trustworthy messenger is rare.