1. خَليلَيَّ مَن أَشتاقُ في البُعدِ مِنكُما

    فَلو كانَ شَوقاً واحِداً لَكَفاني

    My two friends, which of you do I yearn for from afar?

    For were it but one longing, it would suffice me.

  2. خَليلَيَّ وَجدي كَالَّذي قَد عَلِمتُما

    فَهَل مِثلَ وَجدي أَنتُما تَجِدانِ

    My two friends, my passion is as you have known it;

    so do you two feel a passion like mine?

  3. خَليلَيَّ قَد أَبصَرتُما وَسَمِعتُما

    فَهَل لِيَ في أَهلِ المَحَبَّةِ مِن ثانِ

    My two friends, you have seen and heard;

    so have I any equal among the lovers?

  4. وَجَدَّدتُما لي صَبوَةً قَد نَسيتُها

    وَعَهدَ غَرامٍ كانَ مُنذُ زَمانِ

    And you have revived in me a youthful passion I had forgotten,

    and a time of ardent love from long ago.

  5. كَأَنَّ غُرابَ البَينِ يَومَ فِراقِنا

    أَعارَ فُؤادي شِدَّةَ الخَفَقانِ

    As though the raven of separation, on the day we parted,

    had lent my heart its violent fluttering.

  6. عَلى أَنَّني ذاكَ الوَفِيُّ الَّذي لَهُ

    عُهودُ هَوىً تَبقى عَلى الحَدَثانِ

    Yet I am that faithful one whose

    vows of love endure despite the vicissitudes of time.

  7. فَما فاضَ ماءُ النيلِ إِلّا بِمَدمَعي

    لَقَد مَرَجَ البَحرَينِ يَلتَقِيانِ

    For the Nile's waters overflowed only with my tears;

    indeed, he has let the two seas loose to meet.