1. لا والذي شق خمسي

    ما غير وجهك شمسي

    No, by Him who cleft my five fingers,

    none but your face is my sun.

  2. يا ظبية الوحش إني

    صريع ظبية انس

    O gazelle of the wild, I am

    laid low by a gazelle of humankind.

  3. إذا شكوت هواها

    قالت عليّ بفلس

    Whenever I complain of my love for her,

    she says, 'Bring me a copper coin.'

  4. يا سائلي كيف تمسي

    أخو الهوى كيف يمسي

    O you who ask me, 'How do you fare at evening?'

    A man in love—how does he fare at evening?

  5. إني لأدهش حتى

    أكاد أنكر نفسي

    I am indeed so bewildered that

    I almost fail to recognize myself.

  6. أبيت والعشق قيدي

    ورقعة الأرض حبسي

    I pass the night with love as my fetter,

    and the earth's expanse as my prison.

  7. غداً كيومي مما

    ألقى ويومي كأمسي

    Tomorrow is like today in what

    I endure, and today is like yesterday.

  8. يا مفرِدي بالتقلّي

    وآمري بالتأسي

    O you who leave me lonely through aversion,

    and command me to seek consolation,

  9. لم يكترث منك ضرسي

    إن صار ينزع ضرسي

    my molar was untroubled by you,

    even if my molar came to be pulled out.

  10. يا عاقداً في المعاني

    من كل فن وجنس

    O you who unite in your qualities,

    from every kind and sort,

  11. سموّ فرع ونفس

    وطيب أصل وغرس

    loftiness of branch and soul,

    and goodness of root and planting;

  12. وبانياً لأمور

    تزيل أركان قدس

    and builder of undertakings

    that dislodge the pillars of Quds—

  13. يا ابن النبي كفاني

    من الثناء وبسي

    O son of the Prophet, that suffices me

    as praise, and is enough.

  14. بأيّ مدح أُلاقي

    وأي ظنٍّ وحَدْس

    With what praise shall I greet—

    and with what thought and conjecture—

  15. من بالصلاة عليه

    ذكر الملوك بخمس

    one whom, with blessings upon him,

    kings mention in the five prayers,

  16. ومن حوى كل سعد

    وغاب عن كل نحس

    and who has gathered every good fortune

    and is far from every ill fortune?

  17. للّه أنت أشخص

    أراه أم روح قدس

    God's own are you! Is it a person

    I see, or a spirit of holiness?

  18. ظفرت مني بعلق

    فلا تبعني ببخس

    In me you have won a treasure;

    so do not sell me for a paltry price.

  19. ولا تخنك الليالي

    فيما تبيع بوكسِ

    And may the nights not betray you

    in what you sell at a loss.