غرامي فيك يا قمري غريمي

وذكرك في دجى ليلي نديمي

My passion for you, O my moon, is my adversary.

And remembrance of you is my boon companion in the darkness of my night.

وملني الحميم وصد عني

وما لي غير دمعي من حميم

And my close friend grew weary of me and turned away from me.

And I have no close friend but my tears.

وكم سأل العواذل عن حديثي

فقلت لهم على العهد القديم

And how often the reproachers asked about my story!

So I told them, 'Still true to the old pledge.'

وعم تساءلون ولي دموع

تخبركم عن النبأ العظيم

And what do you ask one another about, when I have tears

That tell you of the momentous news?

فموعده وناظره وجسمي

سقيم في سقيم في سقيم

For his promise, his eye, and my body

Are sick within sick within sick.

كريم مال بخلا عن وداد

فملت لمدح مخدومي الكريم

A generous man turned from affection out of stinginess,

So I turned to praising my generous patron.