1. ألا في سبيلِ اللَهِ نفسٌ وَقفتُها

    على محَن الأشجانِ في طاعةِ الحُبّ

    Ah, a soul I have dedicated in God's cause

    to the trials of sorrow, in obedience to love.

  2. أُعاني جوىً من ذي ولوعٍ بكيدهِ

    إذا لم يمُت بالصد يقتلُ بالعجبِ

    I suffer burning lovesickness from one fond of his own guile;

    if rejection does not bring death, he kills with conceit.

  3. تخيّرتُه من ألطفِ الغيدِ خِلقَةً

    تكوّن بين الراح والمبسِم العَذبِ

    I chose him from the most delicately formed of graceful beauties;

    he took shape between wine and the sweet, smiling mouth.

  4. أبى القلبُ إلّا أن يكون بحُبِّه

    وحيداً على رَغم النصيحةِ والعَتبِ

    The heart insisted on being, in its love for him,

    alone, despite counsel and reproach.

  5. فلو فَوَّقتَ سهمَ المنون جفونُه

    لقلبٍ سوى قلبي تمنَّيتُه قلبي

    And were his eyelids to nock death's arrow

    for a heart other than mine, I would wish it were mine.