1. نَفسيِ فِداؤُك كيفَ تصبِرُ طائعاً

    عن فِتيَةٍ مثلِ البُدورِ صِباحِ

    My soul be your ransom—how can you willingly bear being apart

    from young men as fair as full moons?

  2. حَنَّتْ نفوسُهمُ إليك فأعلَنوا

    نَفَساً يَقُدُّ مَسالكَ الأرواحِ

    Their souls yearned for you, so they let out

    a sigh that cleaves the pathways of souls.

  3. وغدَوا لراحِهمُ وذكرُكَ بينَهم

    أذكى وأطيبُ من نسيمِ الرَّاحِ

    And they went to their morning wine, while mention of you among them

    was more fragrant and sweeter than the breath of wine.

  4. فإذا جرَت حَبَباً على أَقْدَاحِهِمْ

    جعلوكَ رَيحاناً على الأقداح

    And when it flowed, bubbling, over their goblets,

    they made you sweet basil upon the goblets.