1. تَحسُدُ عَيني عَينَ مَن يَرقُدُ

    وَمُسهِري أَوَّلُ مَن أَحسُدُ

    My eye envies the eye of whoever sleeps,

    and the one who keeps me awake is the first I envy.

  2. أَمسَت تَذودُ النَومَ عَن مُقلَتي

    ظُلماً وَقَد طابَ لَها المَرقَدُ

    She has spent the evening driving sleep from my eye,

    unjustly, while her bed has grown sweet to her.

  3. يا لَيتَ أَقواماً عَلى حُبِّها

    يَلحونَني إِن رَقَدوا يَسهَدوا

    If only those who, for my love of her,

    reproach me would lie sleepless when they lie down,

  4. حَتّى يَذوقَ القَومُ طَعمَ الهَوى

    فَيَعذِروا في الحُبِّ مَن فَنَّدوا

    so that those people might taste the flavor of love,

    and excuse, in love, the one they called foolish.