1. حَى الرِفاق وَصف لِلحي أَشواقي

    وَحَدث الركب عَن تِسكابِ آماقى

    Greet the companions, and describe my longings to the clan.

    And tell the caravan of the tears pouring from my eyes.

  2. وَبلغى يا صِبا اِن جُزتَ نَحوَ همو

    أَنى مُقيم عَلى عَهدِ الهَوى باقي

    And tell them, O east wind, if you pass their way,

    That I remain, still faithful to love's covenant.

  3. كَيفَ اِصطِباري وَأَحشائي بِها حَرق

    مِن جَذوَةِ ما لَها مِن حَرِّها واقي

    How can I endure, when my vitals burn

    From an ember, with no shield against its heat?

  4. قَد جَرَعتَني صُروفَ الدَهرِ مُرتَغِماً

    لَواعِجاً كَحَميمِ أَو كَغَسّاق

    You have made me swallow time's vicissitudes, humbled—

    Searing agonies, like boiling water or foul pus.

  5. أَسال حر الهَوى قَلبي مُلتَهِب

    جَفني عَلى يَدِ آماقي وَأَحداقي

    Love's heat has melted my heart; aflame is

    My eyelid, at the hands of my eye-corners and pupils.

  6. هذا شَواظ الهَوى في القَلبِ مُلتَهِب

    وَفي التَنَفُّسِ مِن آثار اِحراقي

    This is love's flame, blazing in the heart,

    And in my breathing are traces of my burning.