1. أحنِ لَكُم عَلى شَطِّ المَزارِ

    وَأَجعَلُ ذِكرَكُم نَقلَ العُقارِ

    I yearn for you, despite the remoteness of your abode,

    And make remembrance of you the delicacies served with wine.

  2. وَأَهواكُم وَإِن زَعَموا بِأَنّي

    سَلَوتُ أَبعَدَ ما عيلَ اِصطِباري

    And I love you, even if they claim that I

    Have ceased to pine—after my patience has failed?

  3. أَيا قَمَري أَتَذكُر حينَ كُنّا

    نَبيتُ مَعَ المَسَرَّةِ في إِزارِ

    O my moon, do you remember when we

    Would spend the night with joy in a single wrap?

  4. وَتَذكُر حالَنا وَالدَهرُ عَبدٌ

    وَزَندُ الأُنسِ وَالإِسعافِ وارِ

    And do you recall our state, with Time a slave,

    And the firestick of intimacy and fulfillment sparking,

  5. إِذ الأَيامُ مُشرِقَةٌ سُروراً

    وَبَدرُ السَعدِ فازَ عَلى السِرارِ

    When the days were radiant with joy,

    And fortune’s full moon triumphed over moonless nights?

  6. فَمُذ قُلِبَ المِجنّ وَنافَسَتني

    عُيونٌ فيكَ تَرغَبُ في اِنكِسارِ

    But since the shield was turned and I faced rivals—

    Eyes yearning for you in humble submission—

  7. أَطَعتَ حَواسِدى وَأَضَعتَ وِدّي

    وَنازَعتَ الأَعِنَّةَ في نِفاري

    You have heeded my enviers and squandered my love,

    And strained against the reins to flee from me.

  8. فَوا أَسَفي وَواظَمَئي وَلَهفي

    لِريِّ النَفسِ مِن بير الحِجارِ

    So alas for my sorrow, alas for my thirst and longing

    To slake my soul from Bir al-Hijar!

  9. رباعُ صَبابَتي وَرَبيعُ أُنسي

    بِهِ كَلفَت نفس بِلا سَبقٍ اِختيارِ

    The haunts of my passion and the springtime of my joy;

    My soul grew enamored of it, without prior choice.

  10. وَكَم في الأَرضِ مِن حَسَنٍ وَلَكِن

    عَلَيهِ لِشَقوَتي وَقَعَ اِختياري

    And how many beauties there are on earth! Yet

    On it, to my misfortune, my choice fell.