1. موله بِكَ لا تُجدي وَسائِلَهُ

    وَلا مِن الدَمع جاريهِ وَسائِلَهُ

    Besotted with you, his pleas avail him nothing,

    nor do his tears, streaming and flowing.

  2. عَزيز صَبر أَذَل الحُب مُهجَتَهُ

    وَعَنَّفتهُ عَلى الشَكوى عَواذلَهُ

    Patience is scarce for him; love has humbled his soul,

    and his female reproachers rebuked him for lamenting.

  3. عام نَأى عَنكَ فيهِ مُكرَهاً فَعلي

    أَسحارُهُ أَبَداً تَبكي أَصائلهُ

    A year he spent far from you against his will; so over

    its predawn hours, its late afternoons forever weep.

  4. وَالكاس مُذ بانَ عَنها تَشتَكي ظَمأ

    وَالرَوض مِن حُزن جَفَت خَمائِلُهُ

    And the cup, since he left it, complains of thirst,

    and the garden's groves have withered from grief.

  5. كَلفت حَمل نَواك اليَوم قَلب فَتى

    أَرَقّ مِن نَسمة الوادي شَمائِلَهُ

    Today you laid the burden of your absence on the heart of a youth,

    whose nature is gentler than the valley's breeze.