1. يا مريضاً قد أمرَضَ ال

    حُسنَ والظَّرفَ والوفا

    O sick one, who has sickened

    beauty, charm, and fidelity.

  2. لم يكن تركي العيا

    دَةَ هجراً ولا جفا

    My not visiting you

    was neither abandonment nor coldness.

  3. لم أُطِق أن أراك يا

    أحسنَ الناسِ مُدنَفا

    I could not bear to see you, O

    fairest of people, gravely ill.

  4. كيف ألقاكَ بعد ما

    كان قلبي تخوَّفا

    How could I meet you, after

    my heart had grown so fearful?

  5. طال خوفي عليك فال

    حمد لِلّهِ إذ كفى

    Long did I fear for you; so

    praise be to God, who has spared you.

  6. ما على البدر سيِّدي

    من كسوفٍ تَطوَّفا

    What harm is there to the full moon, my lord,

    from an eclipse that has passed over it?

  7. وبودّي لو اَنَّ في

    حتف روحي لك الشِّفا

    And I wish that in

    my soul’s death there were healing for you.

  8. لا تخف من تَغَيُّرٍ

    ليس بالحسن من خفا

    Do not fear any change:

    beauty is not obscured.