1. سَأَلْتُ مَنْ شَفَّنِي هَواهُ وَمَنْ

    هَاجَرَني مُذ هَوِيتُهُ النَّوْمُ

    I asked the one whose love has wasted me—

    Sleep has deserted me ever since I loved him—

  2. أَأَفْطَرَ النَّاسُ قالَ مُبْتَسِماً

    زِيدَ عَلَيْهِمْ في صَوْمِهِمْ يَوْمُ

    “Have the people broken their fast?” He said, smiling,

    “A day has been added to their fast.”

  3. فَقُلْتُ يا مَنْ خَسِرْتُ آخِرَتي

    فيهِ وَلَمْ يُغْنِ عَنِّيَ الْلَّوْمُ

    So I said, “O you, I have lost my hereafter

    For your sake, and reproach has availed me nothing:

  4. إِنْ لَمْ أَكُنْ مُفْطِراً عَلَى قُبَلٍ

    مِنْكَ فَدَهْرِي بِأَصْلِهِ صَوْمُ

    If I do not break my fast on kisses

    From you, then my whole life is a fast.”