1. شمس الجمال أذاب حبك مهجتي

    بحرارة التبريح والأشجانِ

    O sun of beauty, love for you has melted my soul

    with the heat of torment and sorrows.

  2. صارت بخاراً في الهواء وإنما

    ذرّاتها تمتاز بالخفقانِ

    It became vapor in the air, except that

    its particles are distinguished by their throbbing.

  3. في كل خافقة لسانٌ يشتكي

    ألم الفراق ولوعة الهجران

    In every throbbing particle, a tongue complains of

    the pain of separation and the burning anguish of abandonment.

  4. يا شمس طال بعاد مهجتيَ التي

    أكل البلى من بعدها جثماني

    O sun, long has my soul been absent—

    decay has devoured my body in its absence.

  5. حل الشتاء فأشبهي شمس السما

    ء وخفِّضي من هذه النيران

    Winter has come; be like the sun in the sky,

    and lessen these flames.

  6. فلعل برد الرفق يهبط مهجتي

    من جوها كالوابل الهتّان

    So perhaps the coolness of gentleness will bring my soul down

    from its airy realm like a steady downpour.

  7. وإذا أردت هديتها الجثمان فاخ

    تلطت به وحييت بعد الآن

    And if you wished, you would guide it to the body; then it would

    mingle with it, and I would live again from now on.