1. سلا عُهودَ الهوى وباحا

    أيَّ هوىً ويحَهُ أباحا

    He forgot love’s vows and confessed;

    What love—woe to him!—did he reveal?

  2. الله في الحبّ من ظلومٍ

    حمَّلَ مُضناهُ واستراحا

    God! What a tyrant in love—

    He burdened his lovesick victim and took his ease.

  3. لَهْفي على العمر والأماني

    وَلَّتْ كما أقبلت مِلاَحا

    Alas for life and hopes!

    They departed, as fair as when they came.

  4. خَبَّأْتُ يا ليلُ فيكَ هَمّي

    يا لَيْلُ مَنْ خبَّرَ الصَّباحا

    O night, I hid my sorrow within you;

    O night, who told the dawn?

  5. كفَى المنى أَنَّها خَيَالٌ

    أسْعَدَنا ساعةُ وراحا

    It is enough for hopes to be a dream

    That gladdened us an hour, then passed away.