1. أَنا في هَواك مَخاطرُ

    وَعَلى الغَرام مُثابِرُ

    I take risks in loving you,

    and persevere in passion.

  2. قَد فَتثت كَبدي المُصا

    بة وَالأَسى المُتواترُ

    My liver has been shattered by misfortune

    and ever-recurring sorrow.

  3. قَلبي بِحُبك غائب

    عَني وَوَجدي حاضرُ

    My heart, through love of you, is absent

    from me, while my longing is present.

  4. أَعرَضتُ حينَ مَلَكتَني

    حَتّى خَيالك هاجرُ

    I turned away when you possessed me;

    even your dream-image has forsaken me.

  5. وَبلا هُجوع كَيفَ يَطمَع

    في الخَيال الساهِرُ

    And without sleep, how can one hope

    for a dream-vision while lying awake?

  6. أَم كَيفَ يَسمَح أَو يَفي

    لِلحرّ دَهر غادِرُ

    Or how can it show generosity or keep faith

    with a noble man—treacherous Time?

  7. وَمنعم تَرف لَهُ

    طَرف مُريب فاتِرُ

    And a pampered, delicate one has

    an unsettling, languid gaze:

  8. قَمر عَلَيهِ مِن الصِيا

    نَةِ وَالحَياء سَتائِرُ

    a moon, with chastity

    and modesty as veils upon him.

  9. يا مَن بَراني حُبَهُ

    وَإِلى الرَدى بِي صائِرُ

    O you whose love has worn me away,

    and carries me toward death,

  10. مالي بِحُبك غَير دَمعي

    أَو زَفيري ناصِرُ

    I have, in loving you, none but my tears

    or my sighs to aid me.

  11. هِب ما لِحيك آخرٌ

    أَفما لِصَدك آخرُ

    Grant that your love has no end [uncertain reading];

    is there, then, no end to your rejection?

  12. إِن كانَ بِالتَفريق قَد

    حَكم الزَمان الجائِرُ

    If separation has been decreed

    by unjust Time,

  13. إِنَّ الإِلَه عَلى اللقا

    ءِ إِذا أَرادَ لَقادِرُ

    indeed, God can bring reunion,

    if He so wills.