1. نَهاكَ عَنِ الغَوايَةَ ما نَهاكا

    وَذُقتَ مِنَ الصَبابَةِ ما كَفاكا

    You have had warning enough against waywardness,

    And you have tasted enough of ardent longing.

  2. وَطالَ سُراكَ في لَيلِ التَصابي

    وَقَد أَصبَحتَ لَم تَحمَد سُراكا

    And long was your night journey through the night of youthful dalliance,

    And you reached morning, finding no good in your night journey.

  3. فَلا تَجزَع لِحادِثَةِ اللَيالي

    وَقُل لي إِن جَزِعتَ فَما عَساكا

    So do not be distraught at the calamity the nights have brought;

    And tell me, if you are distraught, what can you do?

  4. وَكَيفَ تَلومُ حادِثَةً وَفيها

    تَبَيَّنَ مَن أَحَبَّكَ أَو قَلاكا

    And how can you blame a calamity through which

    It became clear who loved you or hated you?

  5. بِروحي مَن تَذوبُ عَلَيهِ روحي

    وَذُق ياقَلبُ ما صَنَعَت يَداكا

    My soul be ransom for him for whom my soul melts;

    And taste, O heart, what your own hands have made.

  6. لَعَمري كُنتَ عَن هَذا غَنِيّاً

    وَلَم تَعرِف ضَلالَكَ مِن هُداكا

    By my life, you had no need of this,

    And you did not distinguish your error from your guidance.

  7. ضَنيتُ مِنَ الهَوى وَشَقيتُ مِنهُ

    وَأَنتَ تُجيبُ كُلَّ هَوىً دَعاكا

    I wasted away from love and suffered from it,

    While you answer every passion that calls you.

  8. فَدَع ياقَلبُ ماقَد كُنتَ فيهِ

    أَلَستَ تَرى حَبيبَكَ قَد جَفاكا

    So leave, O heart, what you were caught up in;

    Do you not see that your beloved has shunned you?

  9. لَقَد بَلَغَت بِهِ روحي التَراقي

    وَقَد نَظَرَت بِهِ عَيني الهَلاكا

    Indeed, because of him, my soul has reached my collarbones,

    And because of him my eye has looked upon doom.

  10. فَيا مَن غابَ عَنّي وَهوَ روحي

    وَكَيفَ أُطيقُ مِن روحي اِنفِكاكا

    So, O you who have vanished from me, though you are my soul,

    And how can I bear separation from my soul?

  11. حَبيبي كَيفَ حَتّى غِبتَ عَنّي

    أَتَعلَمُ أَنَّ لي أَحَداً سِواكا

    My beloved, how did it come to this, that you vanished from me?

    Do you know of anyone I have besides you?

  12. أَراكَ هَجَرتَني هَجراً طَويلاً

    وَما عَوَّدتَني مِن قَبلُ ذاكا

    I see you have abandoned me for a long time,

    And you had never accustomed me to that before.

  13. عَهِدتُكَ لاتُطيقُ الصَبرَ عَنّي

    وَتَعصي في وَدادي مَن نَهاكا

    I knew you could not bear separation from me,

    And would defy anyone who forbade you to love me.

  14. فَكَيفَ تَغَيَّرَت تِلكَ السَجايا

    وَمَن هَذا الَّذي عَنّي ثَناكا

    So how have those qualities changed?

    And who is this who turned you away from me?

  15. فَلا وَاللَهِ ماحاوَلتَ عُذراً

    فَكُلُّ الناسِ يُعذَرُ ما خَلاكا

    No, by God, you have made no attempt at an excuse;

    For everyone can be excused except you.

  16. وَما فارَقتَني طَوعاً وَلَكِن

    دَهاكَ مِنَ المَنِيَّةِ ما دَهاكا

    And you did not part from me willingly, but

    Death dealt you the blow it dealt you.

  17. لَقَد حَكَمَت بِفُرقَتِنا اللَيالي

    وَلَم يَكُ عَن رِضايَ وَلا رِضاكا

    The nights have indeed decreed our parting,

    And it was neither by my consent nor yours.

  18. فَلَيتَكَ لَو بَقيتَ لِضُعفِ حالي

    وَكانَ الناسُ كُلُّهُمُ فِداكا

    If only you had lived on, for the sake of my frail state,

    And all the people had been your ransom.

  19. يَعِزُّ عَلَيَّ حينَ أُديرُ عَيني

    أُفَتِّشُ في مَكانِكَ لا أَراكا

    It pains me, when I turn my eye,

    To search your place and not see you.

  20. وَلَم أَرَ في سِواكَ وَلا أَراهُ

    شَمائِلَكَ المَليحَةَ أَو حِلاكا

    And I have not seen in anyone else, nor do I see,

    Your lovely qualities or your charms.

  21. خَتَمتُ عَلى وِدادِكَ في ضَميري

    وَلَيسَ يَزالُ مَختوماً هُناكا

    I set a seal on my love for you within my heart,

    And it remains sealed there.

  22. لَقَد عَجِلَت عَلَيكَ يَدُ المَنايا

    وَما اِستَوفَيتَ حَظَّكَ مِن صِباكا

    Indeed, death's hand was too swift upon you,

    And you had not enjoyed your full share of youth.

  23. فَلَو أَسَفي لِجِسمِكَ كَيفَ يَبلى

    وَيَذهَبُ بَعدَ بَهجَتِهِ سَناكا

    If only—ah, my sorrow for your body, how it decays!

    And after its splendor your radiance disappears.

  24. وَما لي أَدَّعي أَنّي وَفِيٌّ

    وَلَستُ مُشارِكاً لَكَ في بَلاكا

    And why do I claim that I am faithful,

    When I do not share your affliction with you?

  25. تَموتُ وَما أَموتُ عَلَيكَ حُزناً

    وَحَقَّ هَواكَ خُنتُكَ في هَواكا

    You die, and I do not die of grief for you;

    By the sanctity of my love for you, I have betrayed you in that love.

  26. وَيا خَجَلي إِذا قالوا مُحِبٌّ

    وَلَم أَنفَعكَ في خَطبٍ أَتاكا

    And oh, my shame, when they call me a lover,

    Though I did not help you in the calamity that befell you.

  27. أَرى الباكينَ فيكَ مَعي كَثيراً

    وَلَيسَ كَمَن بَكى مَن قَد تَباكى

    I see many weeping for you alongside me,

    And one who feigns weeping is not like one who weeps.

  28. فَيا مَن قَد نَوى سَفَراً بَعيداً

    مَتى قُل لي رُجوعُكَ مَن نَواكا

    So, O you who have resolved on a distant journey,

    When, tell me, will you return from so far away?

  29. جَزاكَ اللَهُ عَنّي كُلَّ خَيرٍ

    وَأَعلَمُ أَنَّهُ عَنّي جَزاكا

    May God reward you with every good thing on my behalf,

    And I know that He has rewarded you on my behalf.

  30. فَيا قَبرَ الحَبيبِ وَدِدتُ أَنّي

    حَمَلتُ وَلَو عَلى عَيني ثَراكا

    So, O grave of my beloved, I wish that I

    Had carried your earth, even upon my eye.

  31. سَقاكَ الغَيثُ هَتّاناً وَإِلّا

    فَحَسبُكَ مِن دُموعي ما سَقاكا

    May the rain water you in steady showers; otherwise,

    The tears of mine that water you will suffice.

  32. وَلا زالَ السَلامُ عَلَيكَ مِنّي

    يَرُفُ مَعَ النَسيمِ عَلى ذُراكا

    And may my greeting of peace to you always

    Flutter with the breeze over your heights.