1. حبيبٌ لستُ أنساه

    جعلت القلب مأواه

    A beloved whom I do not forget;

    I made my heart his dwelling.

  2. نأى عني وغادرني

    وفي الأحلام لقياه

    He went far away from me and left me,

    And in dreams I meet him.

  3. وفي اليقظة أشكالٌ   

    من النائي وأشباه

    And in waking life, there are forms

    And likenesses of the one far away,

  4. تذكّرني بمن ولّى

    وملء النفس ذكراه

    That remind me of the one who departed,

    And his memory fills my soul.

  5. وفي الروض أزاهيرٌ   

    تحاكيه وأمواه

    And in the garden there are blossoms

    That resemble him, and waters too.

  6. ففي الغدران رونقُه   

    وفي الأزهار ريّاه

    For in the pools is his radiance,

    And in the flowers, his fragrance.

  7. وفي البلبل إذ يشدو   

    يبثّ الإلفَ شكواه

    And in the nightingale, when it sings,

    Pouring out its lament to its beloved,

  8. حنوٌّ من طبائعه   

    وعطفٌ من سجاياه

    Is tenderness, one of his natural traits,

    And kindness, one of his innate qualities.

  9. فيا من غاب عن عيني   

    ومرأى الحسنِ مرآه

    So, O you who have vanished from my sight,

    And whose appearance is the very vision of beauty,

  10. محاسنُ هذه الدنيا   

    كتابٌ أنتَ معناه

    The beauties of this world

    Are a book; you are its meaning.