1. يا سائِرينَ أَوائِلَ الرَّكبِ

    رِفقاً عَلَيَّ فَما مَعي قَلبي

    O travelers at the head of the caravan,

    Be gentle with me, for my heart is not with me.

  2. أَيُقيم قَلبي في حَشايَ وَقَد

    عَبَثَت بِحَبَّتِهِ يَدُ الحُبِّ

    Can my heart remain within my breast when

    Love’s hand has toyed with its very core?

  3. البَينُ عَذَّبَني فَأَشرَقَني

    يَومَ النَوى بِالبارِدِ العَذبِ

    Separation tormented me and made me choke

    On cool, sweet water on the day of parting.

  4. يا أَيُّها الرُوّادُ إِن تَقِفوا

    عِندي تُوافوا الماءَ عَن قُربِ

    O scouts, if you stop

    Beside me, you will find water close at hand.

  5. أَجفانُ عَيني في المَنازِلِ قَد

    جادَت فَأَغنَت عَن حَيا السُّحبِ

    My eyelids at the campsites have

    Poured so generously they left no need for the clouds’ rain.

  6. قَد سالَمت عَينايَ دَمعَهما

    وَتَجَلُّدي وَالقَلبُ في حَربِ

    My eyes have made peace with their tears,

    While my fortitude and my heart are at war.

  7. أَفَما تَخافُ مِن العِقابِ غَداً

    يا مَن يُعَذِّبُني بِلا ذَنبِ

    Do you not, then, fear punishment tomorrow,

    O you who torment me for no fault of mine?

  8. ما عايَنَت عَيناكَ فِعلَكَ بي

    إِلا وَصِحتُ العَفوَ يا رَبّي

    Never have your eyes beheld your treatment of me

    Without my crying, “Pardon, O my Lord!”

  9. يا أَيُّها العُذّالُ وَيحَكُمُ

    زِدتُم وَقودَ صَبابَةِ الصَبِّ

    O reproachers, woe to you!

    You have added fuel to the lovesick lover’s longing.

  10. لَم تَبتَرِد بِالعَذلِ غُلَّتُهُ

    بَل زادَهُ كَرباً عَلى كَربِ

    His burning thirst was not cooled by reproach;

    Rather, it heaped anguish upon anguish on him.