1. قد وهبنا غزالنا المعشوقا

    لك إِذ كنتَ بالغزالِ حقيقا

    We have given our beloved gazelle

    To you, since you were worthy of the gazelle.

  2. وعزمنا بأن تُفيقَ من الوج

    دِ وما كان عزمُنا أن تُفيقا

    And we resolved that you should recover from love's

    Longing—yet our resolve was not that you recover.

  3. ربما نؤثرُ الصديقَ بما نه

    وى وقد يؤثرُ الصديقُ الصديقا

    Sometimes we favor a friend with what we

    Love, and a friend may put a friend first.

  4. هاكَ خذهُ إليك بدراً منيراً

    وغزالاً أحوى وغصناً أنيقا

    Here, take him for yourself—a shining full moon,

    And a dark-eyed gazelle, and a graceful bough.

  5. أبداً تستفيد من وجهه النا

    ظر معنىً من الجمال دقيقا

    Forever you glean from his gazing

    Face a subtle nuance of beauty.

  6. خلتُ عينيه نرجساً وثنايا

    ه أقحواناً والوجنتين شقيقا

    I thought his eyes narcissi, and his front

    Teeth daisies, and his two cheeks red anemones.

  7. لك طَرْفٌ مذ كان كان جموحاً

    وفؤادٌ مذ كان كان مشوقا

    You have a gaze that has been unruly since it came to be,

    And a heart that has been full of longing since it came to be.

  8. تجدُ الغَبْنَ أن يخال شفيقٌ

    في تصابيكَ أنْ تطيعَ الشفيقا

    You deem it a loss that a well-wisher should suppose,

    Amid your youthful dalliance, that you would heed a well-wisher.

  9. كلَّ يومٍ ما إن تزال تنادي

    مَن ببحرِ الهوى الغريقَ الغريقا

    Every day you never cease to call

    To whoever is in love's sea: 'The drowning man! The drowning man!'

  10. ساحباً في الفسوق ذيلَ خليعٍ

    أفما آن أنْ تَمَلَّ الفسوقا

    Trailing a libertine's hem through debauchery—

    Is it not time, then, you grew weary of debauchery?

  11. بأبي أنت سيداً أو عزيزاً

    وخليلاً وصاحباً وشقيقا

    May my father be your ransom, lord or dear one,

    And intimate friend, companion, and brother.

  12. سُنَّةُ العِشْقِ لم تؤسَّسْ على الشر

    كةِ فارجعْ فقد غَلِطْتَ الطريقا

    The law of love was not founded on

    Sharing; turn back, for you have taken the wrong road.