1. وَناعِسٍ لَو يَذوقُ الحُبَّ ما نَعَسا

    عَساهُ يُغفي إِذا جادَ المُحِبُّ عَسى

    And a drowsy one, were he to taste love, would not doze.

    Perhaps he will doze if the lover is generous—perhaps.

  2. تَرى المُحِبَّ لِما يَلقى يُصَوِّرُ مَن

    يَهوى فَيَشكو إِلَيهِ حَيثُ ما جَلَسا

    You see the lover, because of what he endures, picturing the one

    he loves, then complaining to him wherever he sits.

  3. وَلِلهَوى جَرَسٌ يُدعى المُحِبُّ بِهِ

    فَكُلَّما كِدتُ أُغفي حَرَّكَ الجَرَسا

    And love has a bell by which the lover is summoned.

    So whenever I was about to doze, it rang the bell.