ضاقَ ذَرعي مِن هَوى قَمرٍ

ضاقَ ذَرعي مِن هَوى قَمرٍ

قَمَرُ القَلبِ وَما شَعَرا

قَمَرُ القَلبِ وَما شَعَرا

My endurance has failed from love of a moon,

the heart’s moon—yet he was unaware.

لَيتَ أَجفاني بِهِ سَعِدت

لَيتَ أَجفاني بِهِ سَعِدت

فَتَرى الجَفنَ الَّذي فَتَرا

فَتَرى الجَفنَ الَّذي فَتَرا

If only my eyelids could rejoice in him,

and behold the eyelid that grew languid.