1. لاموا عَلى حُبِّ المَليحِ وَعَنَّفوا

    ما أَنصَفوا في حُبِّهِمُ ما أَنصَفوا

    They blamed me for loving the beautiful one and rebuked me.

    They were not fair in their love; they were not fair.

  2. لِلَهِ مَمشوق القَوامِ كَأَنَّما

    مالَت بِهِ تَحتَ الغِلالَةِ قَرقَفُ

    God be praised for that slender figure, as though

    wine had set him swaying beneath his sheer tunic.

  3. عَلِّل مُحِبَّكَ بالتَداني إِنَّهُ

    إِن رامَ هَجرُكَ وَالتَجافي يَتلُفُ

    Soothe your lover with nearness, for he

    will perish if your abandonment and estrangement pursue him.

  4. لا رَقَّ قَلبُكَ لِاِنسِكابِ مَدامِعي

    إِن كانَ طَرفي بَعدَ بُعدِكَ يطرَفُ

    May your heart never soften at my streaming tears

    if my eye still blinks after your departure.

  5. وَحُرِمتُ وَصلَكَ إِن هَمَمتُ بِريبَةٍ

    أَو حالَ قَلبي فيكَ عَمّا تعرفُ

    And may I be denied union with you if I contemplate wrongdoing,

    or my heart's feelings for you change from those you know.

  6. فُقتَ الوَرى حُسناً وَزِدت علَيهم

    حَتّى كَأَنَّكَ يوسُفٌ يا يوسُفُ

    You surpassed all mortals in beauty and outshone them,

    so much so that you seem to be Yusuf, O Yusuf.