1. عُد عَن جُنونك أَيُّها القَلبُ

    قَد مَلَكَ الأَحبابَ وَالصَحب

    Turn back from your madness, O heart.

    Loved ones and companions have already grown weary of you.

  2. كَم ذا الوَلَوع وَكُل نار جَوى

    خَمدت وَنار جَواكَ لَم تَخب

    How long this infatuation? Every fire of longing

    has died down, yet the fire of your longing has not gone out.

  3. وَالامَ تَحييك المُنى أَبَداً

    وَيَميتكَ الأَعراض وَالعتب

    And how long will hopes keep reviving you,

    while rejection and reproach put you to death?

  4. مَن مُنصِفي مِمَن يَرى تَلفي

    وَيصدهُ عَن رَحمَتي العَجَب

    Who will grant me justice against one who sees my ruin,

    yet is kept by conceit from showing me mercy?

  5. طالَ الصُدود وَمالَهُ سَبَب

    وَقَضى عَلَيَّ الوَجد وَالكَرب

    Long has his shunning lasted, without a cause,

    and yearning and anguish have undone me.

  6. لَم آتِ ذَنباً يَقتَضي تَلفي

    أَترى المَحبة عِندَهُ ذَنب

    I committed no sin that would warrant my ruin;

    do you suppose love is a sin in his eyes?

  7. وَبِمُهجَتي مِن صَدَّ مُحتَجِباً

    عَني فَزادَ الوَجد وَالحُب

    And with my lifeblood I would ransom him who turned away, veiling himself

    from me; yearning increased, and love

  8. إِزدادَ وَجداً كُلَما كَثُرَت

    مِن دُونِهِ الأَستار وَالحجب

    grew more ardent whenever there multiplied

    the curtains and veils barring the way to him.

  9. لَولا تَحجبُهُ لَما حملت

    نَفسي الهَوان وَلا صَبا القَلب

    But for his veiling himself, never would

    my soul have borne humiliation, nor the heart have yearned.

  10. وضيمن يَصون جَمالُهُ أَبَداً

    يَحلو الهيام وَيُحسِنُ السكب

    And [for one who] always guards his beauty,

    love's frenzy grows sweet and makes the shedding of tears beautiful.

  11. وَالحَر لا يَسبيهِ مُبتَذَلٌ

    وَإِلى جَمال الدون لا يَصبو

    And a noble man is not enthralled by the commonplace,

    nor does he yearn for the beauty of the lowly.

  12. إِن كانَ حُسنَكَ بِالصِيانَة مَح

    مياً فَقَلبي لِلأَسى نَهب

    If your beauty is protected by modest reserve,

    then my heart is sorrow's prey.

  13. قالَ الطَبيب وَقَد رَأى سَقمي

    هَذا العَليل مُتَيَمٌ صَب

    The physician said, having seen my illness:

    This sick man is love's captive, consumed with yearning.

  14. وَدَواءُهُ قُرب الحَبيب وَإِن

    لَم يَشفِهِ فَرضابُهُ العَذب

    And his cure is nearness to the beloved; and if

    that does not heal him, then his sweet saliva will.

  15. ولِسانُ حالي قالَ وَآسَفي

    عزَّ الدَواء وَأَعوَز الطبُّ

    And the tongue of my condition said: Alas for me!

    The remedy is beyond reach, and medicine is wanting.

  16. هَيهات أَن يَبرى عَليل الهَوى

    إِنَّ المُتَيم داؤُهُ صَعب

    Far indeed is recovery for one sick with love;

    indeed, love's captive has an illness hard to cure.

  17. وَإِذا المُحب صَفَت سَرائِرُهُ

    لَم يَشفِهِ بَعد وَلا قرب

    And when a lover's innermost feelings are pure,

    neither distance nor nearness can cure him.