1. جَفنهُ علمَّ الغزلْ

    ومنَ العِلمِ ما قتلْ

    His eyelid taught the art of wooing,

    And some knowledge is deadly.

  2. فحرقنا نفوسَنا

    في جحيمٍ من القُبلْ

    So we burned our souls

    In a hell of kisses.

  3. ونشدنا ولم نزلْ

    حلمَ الحبِ والشبابْ

    And we sought—and still seek—

    The dream of love and youth,

  4. حلمَ الزهرِ والندى

    حلمَ اللهوِ والشرابْ

    The dream of blossoms and dew,

    The dream of revelry and wine.

  5. هاتها من يدي الرضى

    جرعةً تبعثُ الجنونْ

    Bring it from the hands of contentment,

    A draught that awakens madness.

  6. كيفَ يشكو من الظما

    مَنْ لهُ هذهِ العيونْ

    How can he complain of thirst

    Who has these eyes?

  7. ياحبيبي أكلَّما

    ضمنا للهوى مكانْ

    O my beloved, is it that whenever

    A place brings us together for love,

  8. أشعلوا النارَ حولنا

    فغدونا لها دخانْ

    They light a fire around us,

    And so we become its smoke?

  9. قل لمن لامَ في الهوى

    هكذا الحسنُ قد أمرْ

    Tell whoever blames us for love:

    Thus has beauty commanded.

  10. إنْ عشقنا فعُذْرُنا

    أنَّ في وجهِنا نظرْ

    If we have loved, our excuse

    Is that beauty looked us in the face.