1. أَما في جلّقٍ خلّ صَديق

    يُنبههُ الوداد فَيَستَفيق

    Is there no loyal friend in Jilliq,

    whom affection rouses, so he awakens,

  2. يُسائل عَن فَتى بِالروم أَضحى

    أَسيراً دَمع عَينيهِ طَليق

    to ask after a young man in Rum who has become

    a captive, while the tears of his eyes run free?

  3. إِذابَ البين مُهجَتَهُ صُروفاً

    وَحملهُ الهَوى ما لا يُطيق

    Separation has melted his heart with its vicissitudes,

    and love has burdened him with what he cannot bear.

  4. وَحيداً ما لِوحدَتِهِ أَنيس

    غَريباً ما لِغربَتِهِ شَفيق

    Alone, with no companion in his solitude,

    a stranger, with none to care for him in his estrangement.

  5. إِذا ما راحَ يَستَسقي سَحاباً

    أَجابَتهُ رُعود أَو بُروق

    Whenever he sets out to ask the clouds for rain,

    thunderclaps or flashes of lightning answer him.