1. إِسَلَّم بُوَها لَم أكُ عَن هَوَاكِ

    بِسَالٍ إِن تَرَكتُ هَوَى سِرَاكِ

    Isallam Buha, I have not put my love for you

    out of mind, even if I have forsaken longing for your night journeys.

  2. هَبِيني مِن لَمَاكِ خَفِيفَ لَثمٍ

    أرَاكَ بِهِ ضَنَتِ عَلَى السِّوَاكِ

    Grant me a light kiss from your dark lips;

    I see you have begrudged it even to the tooth-stick.

  3. يُذَكِّرني النَّضِيرُ مِنَ الأَقَاحِى

    لَمَاكِ فجَودُهُ مَطَرُ السِّماكِ

    The fresh bloom of daisies reminds me

    of your dark lips; its downpour is the rain of al-Simak.

  4. وَإني مُذ دَعَا الدَّاعِى بِنَاىٍ

    مَرِيضٌ مُصعِدُ الزَّفَرَاتِ بَاكِ

    And I, since the caller called for separation,

    am ill, heaving sighs and weeping.

  5. وأَرجُو مِن لَمَاكِ شِفَاءَ ما بي

    فَكَم قَد سَاقَ لِى ألَماً لمَاكِ

    And from your dark lips I hope for a cure for what ails me,

    for how often your dark lips have brought me pain!

  6. يُذَكِّرني الحَمَامُ إِذَا تَغني

    عَلَى المَطوَالِ مِن خَضِلِ الأرَاكِ

    The doves remind me, when they sing,

    on the tall tree among the lush arak trees,

  7. لَيَالِىَ وَصلِنَا بِالسِّرِّ إذ لاَ

    تَرَاني العَاذِلاَتُ ولاَ تَرَاكِ

    of the nights of our secret union, when

    the reproachful women saw neither me nor you.