1. جَمَالُكُمْ لا يُحْصَرْ

    ومَثْلُكُمْ لا يُهْجَرْ

    Your beauty cannot be encompassed,

    and one like you is not forsaken.

  2. وحبكم بَيْنَ الحشا

    مستودع لا يظهرْ

    And love for you, within my breast,

    is stored away, never revealed.

  3. ناري بكم لا تنطفي

    ولوعتي لا تفترْ

    My fire for you will not go out,

    and my burning anguish never abates.

  4. إذَا أتى الليلُ أتى

    الهمُّ بكم والْفِكَرْ

    When night comes, there come

    worry and thoughts of you.

  5. فإن أكنْ وذكركمْ

    طابَ ولذّ السهرْ

    But if remembrance of you keeps me company,

    the vigil becomes pleasant and sweet.

  6. ولى عذول فيكمو

    يقلقني ويكثرْ

    And I have a reproacher on your account,

    who troubles me and talks incessantly.

  7. يقول لي تقل من

    ذكرهُمُ وَتُقْصَرْ

    He says to me, “Make less

    mention of them, and be restrained;

  8. ويحمل الشوق الَّذِي

    حَمَلْتَهُ وَيَصْبِرْ

    and one bears the longing that

    you have borne, and remains patient.”

  9. والله مَا أطيقه

    وهل أنا إِلاَّ بشرْ

    By God, I cannot bear it—

    and am I anything but human?