1. مَا بَيْنَ هَجْرِكَ وَالنَّوى

    قَدْ ذُبْتُ فِيكَ مِنَ الجَوَى

    Between your desertion and separation,

    I have melted away for you from love's anguish.

  2. يا فاتِني بِمَعاطِفٍ

    سَجَدَتْ لَهَا قُضُبُ اللِّوَى

    O you who bewitch me with curves

    before which the boughs of al-Liwā have bowed!

  3. وَحَياةِ وَجْهِكَ لا سَلا

    عَنْكَ المُحِبُّ وَلا نَوَى

    By the life of your face, your lover has not forgotten

    you, nor has he ever intended to.

  4. يَا مَنْ حَكَى بِقَوامِهِ

    قَدَّ القَضِيب مُذُ الْتَوى

    O you whose stature has mirrored

    the bough's form since it bent,

  5. ما أَنْتَ عِنْدِي وَالقضي

    بُ اللَّدْنُ فِي حَدٍّ سِوى

    In my eyes, you and the bough,

    supple as it is, are not of equal rank.

  6. هَا ذَاكَ حَرَّكَه الهَوا

    ءُ وأَنْتَ حَرَّكْتَ الهَوَى

    Look: that one was stirred by the air,

    while you have stirred desire.