1. بروحي حبيباً زرتُه ذات ليلةٍ

    وما حال صبٍّ يلتقي بحبيبه

    I would give my soul for a beloved I visited one night.

    And how fares a lovesick man when he meets his beloved?

  2. فقلت له يا يوسف الحسن رحمةً

    بمهجة محزونِ الفؤادِ كئيبه

    So I said to him, 'O Yusuf of beauty, have mercy

    On the soul of one whose heart is sorrowful and despondent.'

  3. فأبدى لنا لطفاً أرقّ شمائلا

    وأبهج من نشر الصبا في هبوبهِ

    So he showed us a kindness more tender in its ways,

    And more delightful than the east wind's fragrance as it blows.

  4. فجاء أناس فرقوا نظم شملنا

    وروعنا دهر النوى بخطوبهِ

    Then people came and broke the bonds of our gathering,

    And the time of parting terrified us with its calamities.

  5. فقلت لهم يا قوم مهلاً فإنني

    ليحزنني والله أن تذهبوا بهِ

    So I said to them, 'O people, wait, for I

    Am truly saddened, by God, that you should take him away.'