1. هَواناً بِالهَوى كَم ذا التَجَنّي

    وَكَم هَذا التَعَلُّلُ وَالتَمَنّي

    Humiliation through love—how long this cruelty?

    And how long these excuses and these wishes?

  2. هَوىً وَصَبابَةٌ وَقِلىً وَهَجرٌ

    حَبيبي بَعضُ هَذا كانَ يُغني

    Love and yearning, hatred and abandonment—

    My beloved, some of this would have sufficed.

  3. فَيا مَن لا أُسَمّيهِ وَلَكِن

    أُعَرِّضُ عَنهُ لِلواشي وَأَكني

    So, you whom I do not name, but

    Allude to before the talebearer, speaking in hints:

  4. حَبيبي كُلُّ شَيءٍ مِنكَ عِندي

    مَليحٌ ماخَلا الإِعراضُ عَنّي

    My beloved, everything about you, in my eyes,

    Is lovely, except your turning away from me.

  5. كَمَلتَ مَلاحَةً وَكَمَلتَ ظَرفاً

    فَلَيتَكَ لَو سَلِمتَ مِنَ التَجَنّي

    You are perfect in beauty and perfect in charm;

    If only you were free of such cruelty!

  6. ظَنَنتُ بِكَ الجَميلَ وَأَنتَ أَهلٌ

    بِحَقِّكَ لا تُخَيِّبُ فيكَ ظَنّي

    I thought well of you, and you are worthy;

    By your own worth, do not belie my good opinion of you.

  7. رَأَيتُكَ فُقتَ كُلَّ الناسِ حُسناً

    فَكانَ بِقَدرِ حُسنِكَ فيكَ حُزني

    I saw that you surpassed everyone in beauty,

    So my sorrow over you was as great as your beauty.

  8. وَما أَنا في المَحَبَّةِ مِثلُ غَيري

    إِلَيكَ أُشيرُ في قَولي وَأَعني

    And I am not like others in love;

    It is you I point to in my words, and you I mean.

  9. فَقَد أَضحى الغَرامُ حَليفَ قَلبي

    كَما أَمسى السُهادُ أَليفَ جَفني

    For passion has become my heart's sworn ally,

    As sleeplessness has become my eyelid's companion.

  10. فَيا شَوقي إِلى ثَغرٍ وَقَدٍ

    حَلَت مِنهُ الثَنايا وَالتَثَنّي

    Oh, my longing for a mouth and a figure,

    Whose teeth and swaying are so sweet!

  11. أَقولُ لِصاحِبٍ في الحُبِّ يَلحى

    كَفاني ذا الغَرامُ فَلا تَزِدني

    I say to a friend who chides me over love:

    This passion is enough for me, so give me no more.

  12. تَرى في الحُبِّ رَأياً غَيرَ رَأيي

    وَتَسلُكُ فيهِ فَنّاً غَيرَ فَنّي

    You take a view of love different from mine,

    And follow in it a course unlike my own.

  13. فَإِن وافَقتَني أَهلاً وَسَهلاً

    وَإِلّا لَستُ مِنكَ وَلَستَ مِنّي

    So if you agree with me, you are welcome;

    Otherwise, I am not of you, nor are you of me.