1. O bird, why have you flown from sleep
When we had not finished our circles

2. As if this wakefulness does not end
Seeking revenge from our eyelids

3. If you are thirsty, here are my tears
They have burst forth on earth like rivers

4. Or if you wanted dye, then take
A piece of my heart however it becomes

5. Or if you were longing, then be like us
O bird, patient in love

6. And settle near me if you are my companion
For the best company is one who has settled

7. O bird, how much time is there in love
Where life seems like lifetimes

8. If I say, 'It preoccupies my thoughts'
Thoughts have rushed through thoughts

9. Or I say 'I forget it' then love
Lights its embers in my heart to remind me

10. And the lover never stops in confusion
That increases his sorrow and gloom

11. Why do I see the birds wailing
As if they have lost their wings

12. And why do the branches of the bushes meet
As if they share secrets

13. So ask the morning breeze if it passes me
Did the loved one carry news

14. And ask about the homes, and would that
One day I visit this house

15. It’s like paradise, but I
Have kindled fire in my love for it

16. Its sky has rising stars
And its land gives birth to moons

17. And how much kohl is in it, if it glanced
It would captivate you in a moment

18. And if she walked, her coquetry would confuse you
And sway for you gracefully

19. I don’t deny witchcraft, and her glance
Has become a magician among people

20. O beauty of the youth, despite his aloofness
One does not love by choice

21. One time estrangement, another intimacy
Is this how we create circles?

22. If they compared the full moon to a coin
They would compare your face to a golden dinar

23. And how much poetry have I composed about you
It's too momentous to be considered mere poetry

24. If Bashar narrated the likes of it
They would give him the banner of poetry

25. The sun appeared to us out of envy
Her clothes dyed red

26. A coquette, her stinginess has not ceased
And she has squeezed her paradise in her mouth

27. I have not seen an ascetic, seeing an ascetic
Except the lovesick complains to the lovesick

28. By my father you are, O gazelle, and my soul
My heart, the light of my eye and my eye

29. You are like the rising full moon but
In the darkness of hearts and eyelids

30. If those who said 'three' saw you
After fatigue, they would triple the moons

31. The necklace fluttered on your chest, and the heart flapped,
Are you the owner of the two flutterers?

32. And I see magic in the eyes, have you come
With it from Babylon to the sorcerers?

33. And in your cheek are two gardens, but
In my heart is an inferno from the two gardens

34. O judges of passion, by what law
Can you come between the lover and his beloved?

35. In your hands is a gazelle prisoner from the West
Who has captive the East and the West

36. So fear Allah for a slain beloved
Whose blood spilled like al-Hussein’s