1. يا مَن جَفاني وَمَلا

    رِفقاً بِعَبدك مَهلا

    O you who have shunned me and grown weary,

    Be gentle with your slave; go softly.

  2. لَم تَبقَ عَيناك عُضواً

    ما أَودَعت فيهِ نَصلا

    Your eyes have left no limb

    without lodging a blade within it.

  3. هاتيكَ حَبة قَلبي

    عَلى اللَظى تَتقلّا

    There is the kernel of my heart,

    roasting over the blaze,

  4. كَأَنَّها مسك خال

    بِجَمر خَدك يَصلا

    as though it were the musk of a beauty spot,

    scorched by the embers of your cheek.

  5. وَتِلكَ نَفسي فاضَت

    أَسى وَلَم أَتَسلى

    And there is my soul, poured out

    in grief, and I have found no solace,

  6. إِلّا وَإِنَّكَ أَشهى

    مِن الحَياة وَأَحلى

    save that you are indeed more desirable

    than life, and sweeter.