1. حَنَنْتُ إِلَى العَهْدِ كَانَ فَانْقَضَ

    فَهَا أَنَا فِي الظَّلْمَاءِ أَلْتَمِسُ الصُّبْحَا

    I longed for the time that was and then passed away;

    so here I am in darkness, seeking dawn.

  2. حَرِيقٌُ بِنَارِ القَلْبِ لاَ أُجْملُ الأَسَى

    غَرِيقٌ بِيَاءِ الدَّمْعِ لاَ أُحْسِنُ السَّبحا

    Burned by the heart's fire, I cannot bear grief with composure;

    drowning in the water of tears, I do not know how to swim.

  3. حُجِبْتَ فَمَالِي فِي لِقَائِكَ حِلَةٌ

    عَلَى أَنَّنِي أَظْمَأْ لِحُبِّكَ لَوْ أَصْحَا

    You have been veiled, so I have no means of meeting you,

    though, were I sober, I would thirst for your love.

  4. حَشَاىَ وَأَجْفَانِي لَهِيبٌ وَأَدْمُعُ

    فَآوِنَةً سَحَاً وآوِنَةً لَفْحَا

    My inmost heart and my eyelids are flame and tears:

    so now a downpour, now a scorching blast.

  5. حَلاَ ليِّ ذِكْرُ الحُبِّ حَتَّى اخْتَبَرْتَهُ

    فَأَلفَيْتُ أَنَّ الجِدَّ لاَ يَشْبِهُ المَزْحَا

    The mention of love was sweet to me until you put it to the test;

    then I found that earnestness is nothing like jest.

  6. حَبِيبٌ هَجَرْتُ الخَلْقَ طَوْعاً لِحُبِّهِ

    وَمِنَ أَجْلِهِ أَضْرَبْتُ عَنْ ذِكْرِهِمْ صَفْحَا

    A beloved—for love of him I willingly forsook creation,

    and for his sake I turned away from mentioning them.

  7. حَتَمْتُ عَلى قَلْبِي مَرَاقِبَ بَابِهِ

    عَسَى مُغْلِقُ الأَبْوَابِ يُعْقِبُهَا فَتْحَا

    I charged my heart to keep watch at his door,

    hoping that he who shuts the doors will follow their closing with an opening.

  8. حُسِدْتُ عَلى دَمْعٍِ عَلَيْكَ أَرَقْتُهُ

    وَذَاكَ لأَنَّ الحُبَّ بِالسِّحِّ قَدْ صَحَّا

    I was envied for the tears I shed for you,

    and that is because love has proved true through torrents of tears.

  9. حَنَانَيْكَ لَيْسَ الصَّبْرُ عَنْكَ بِمُمْكِنٍ

    فإِنْ لَمْ أَنَلْ مِنْكَ المَحَبَّةَ فَالصَّفْحَا

    Mercy, I beg you! Patience apart from you is impossible;

    so if I gain no love from you, then grant me pardon.

  10. حَرَامٌ عَلَى العِيدَيْنِ طَرْفِي وَمَسْمَعِي

    لأَنَّكَ يَا مَوْلاَيَ فِطْرِيَ والأَضْحَا

    My gaze and my hearing are forbidden to the two Eids,

    for you, O my lord, are my Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.