1. قرة عيني بذكا

    محبتي أي فلكا

    Delight of my eye, [unclear word],

    my love, O heaven!

  2. تريد أن تقتلني

    نه درست كردي درلكا

    You want to kill me;

    you have not acted rightly, [unclear final word].

  3. وانهَ حمى ليلك أن

    ينصب دوني شركا

    And forbid your night's sanctuary to

    set a snare before me.

  4. أما كفى صدغك لي

    إلى الردى معتركا

    Has your temple-lock not sufficed me

    as a battlefield leading to death?

  5. وأنني لا أرقد ال

    ليل وأرعى الفلكا

    And I do not sleep through the

    night, watching the heavens.

  6. كأنما ألتحف ال

    جمر وأعلو الحسكا

    As though I wrap myself in the

    embers and lie atop thorns.

  7. أذابني فرط الضنا

    وهدّني طول البكا

    Extreme wasting sickness has melted me,

    and prolonged weeping has broken me.

  8. أبحت روحي ودمي

    بنى هداد روحكا

    I have surrendered my soul and my blood;

    [unclear opening phrase] your soul.

  9. ورنه دهى بوسه زلب

    بهل بَبُوسَمْ لَبَكا

    And if you will not give a kiss from your lip,

    allow me to kiss your lip.

  10. فغاظه قولي له

    فقال بس وي نه وكا

    My words to him angered him,

    so he said, 'Enough! Alas! No! [Unclear word].'

  11. تريد تقبيل فمي

    إليك لا أم لكا

    You want to kiss my mouth?

    Away with you, you motherless one!

  12. لو لم ينم لم يحتلم

    أحلست كلي فاركا

    Had he not slept, he would not have had a wet dream.

    You have bound my whole being, yet spurn me.

  13. يا طرة قد سلبت

    من الغراب الحلكا

    O forelock, you have stolen

    deep blackness from the raven.

  14. ومقلة من نفثت

    فيه بسحر هلكا

    And O eye, whoever you breathe

    your sorcery into perishes.

  15. هواك إذ أجحف بي

    بأي علق فتكا

    My passion for you, when it ravaged me—

    what a precious treasure it struck down!

  16. تفعل ألحاظك بي

    ما تفعل الخمر بكا

    Your glances do to me

    what wine does to you.

  17. وكرتو دا دم نه دِهي

    يا من إليه المشتكى

    And if you do not give me justice,

    O you to whom complaints are brought,

  18. يَكَرْزم جامَه دَرَمْ

    سسي قاضي وحكا

    I [unclear verb], and tear my robe,

    [unclear word] the judge, and [unclear word].

  19. وقال إذ هدّدته

    سبحان من ارفعكا

    And he said, when I threatened him,

    'Glory to Him who exalted you!'

  20. قاض إذا ما جنّهُ اللّي

    ل يصيد السمكا

    A judge who, when night enfolds him,

    catches fish.

  21. ينصِب في أسفله

    لكل حوت شبكا

    He sets in his backside

    a net for every fish.

  22. أُفٍّ لقاض يبتغي

    من المعاصي دركا

    Fie on a judge who seeks

    gain from sins!