1. جَسَدٌ ناحِلٌ وَقَلبٌ جَريحٌ

    وَدُموعٌ عَلى الخدود تسيحُ

    An emaciated body and a wounded heart,

    and tears streaming down the cheeks;

  2. وَحَبيبٌ مُرُّ التَجَنّي وَلَكِن

    كُلّ ما يَفعَلُ المَليحُ مَليحُ

    and a beloved whose unjust reproach is bitter—yet

    all the lovely one does is lovely.

  3. يا خَلِيَّ الفُؤاد قَد مَلا الوَج

    د فُؤادي وَبَرّحَ التَبريحُ

    O you whose heart is carefree, passion has filled

    my heart, and torment has grown fierce.

  4. جُد بِوَصل أَحيى بِهِ أَو بِهَجرٍ

    فيهِ مَوتي لَعَلَّني أَستريحُ

    Grant me union by which I may live, or estrangement

    in which lies my death—perhaps then I may rest.

  5. كَيفَ أَصحو هَوى وَطَرفُكَ كاسٌ

    بابِلِيٌّ يَطيبُ مِنهُ الصَبوحُ

    How can I sober up from love, when your gaze is a cup

    of Babylon, whose morning draught is sweet?

  6. أَنتَ لِلقَلبِ في المَكانَةِ قَلبٌ

    وَلِروحي عَلى الحَقيقَةِ روحُ

    To my heart, you hold the place of a heart,

    and to my soul you are, in truth, a soul.

  7. بِخُضوعي وَالوَصلُ مِنكَ عَزيزُ

    وَاِنكِساري وَالطَرفُ مِنكَ صَحيحُ

    By my submission—though union with you is hard to attain—

    and my brokenness—though your gaze is sound—

  8. رِقَّ لي مِن لَواعِجٍ وَغَرامٍ

    أَنا مِنهُ مَيتٌ وَأَنتَ المَسيحُ

    take pity on me for burning pangs and passion:

    I am dead from it, and you are the Messiah.

  9. قَد كَتَمتُ الهَوى بِجُهدي وَإِن دا

    مَ عَلَيَّ الغَرام سَوفَ أَبوحُ

    I have concealed love with all my might; and if

    passion continues to beset me, I shall confess it.

  10. يا غَزالاً لَهُ الحشاشَةُ مَرعى

    لا خُزامي بِالرَقمَتَينِ وَشيحُ

    O gazelle whose pasture is my life's last spark,

    not lavender at al-Raqmatayn, nor wormwood.

  11. أَنتَ قَصدي مِنَ الغُوَيرِ وَنَجدٍ

    حينَ أَغدو مُسائِلاً وَأَروحُ

    You are what I seek in al-Ghuwayr and Najd,

    when I go out inquiring, morning and evening.