1. The night resembles me as it wakes in sorrow,
And the star resembles me as it is watched.

2. The days pass away while I grieve,
The palms of the valley echo it.

3. Strangely, I yearn for the pasture,
Whose plants are rugged and whose watering place quenched my thirst.

4. And my soul continues longing for it,
While my heart rests in its shade.

5. O people of passion, for your Lord's sake,
Tell me what burdens me!

6. I suppressed my tears in passionate love,
And likewise taught my tears to restrain themselves.

7. I quenched my heart with the wine of love,
Alas! My heart was treacherous in concealing it.

8. Hatim cries out seeking refuge, a young man
Whose sorrows have reached the sky's vault.

9. O you whom I will soon circle around in pilgrimage,
And the Kaaba I will worship.

10. Be gentle with the meaning of your love,
For it almost kills your lover.

11. And have mercy, my Master, on an outcast in misery,
Perhaps with your kindness you may make him prosperous.

12. Your love has left him no life,
Alas! Tomorrow he will not see it.