1. حُرِمَت عَيني الكَرى

    يا طَيفَ فَاِرجَع بِسَلامِ

    My eye has been denied slumber.

    O dream-vision, return in peace.

  2. لَستُ أَرضى مِن حَبيبٍ

    بِوِصالٍ في المَنامِ

    I will not accept from a beloved

    union in a dream.

  3. أَنا يَقظانُ أَراهُ

    في قُعودي وَقِيامي

    Awake, I see him

    as I sit and as I stand,

  4. عَن يَميني وَيَساري

    وَوَرائي وَأَمامي

    on my right and on my left,

    and behind me and before me.

  5. وَهُوَ في سِرّي وَجَهري

    وَسُكوتي وَكَلامي

    And he is in what I conceal and what I reveal,

    and in my silence and my speech.

  6. وَهُوَ رَيحاني وَروحي

    وَنَديمي وَمُدامي

    And he is my sweet basil and my soul,

    and my drinking companion and my wine.

  7. أَيُّها اللائِمُ فيهِ

    لا تُقَصِّر في مَلامي

    O you who reproach me for loving him,

    do not hold back in blaming me.

  8. فَمَتى كَرَّرتَ ذِكرا

    هُ يَزِد فيهِ غَرامي

    For whenever you repeat the mention

    of him, my passion for him grows.

  9. لامَ في الحُبِّ أُناسٌ

    وَهُوَ أَخلاقُ الكِرامِ

    Some people have found fault with love,

    yet it is the way of the noble.

  10. ما أَرى الناسَ سِوى ال

    عُشّاقِ مِن كُلِّ الأَنامِ

    I count none as people but the

    lovers, among all humankind.