1. أَيا مَن حُسنُهُ عُذرُ اِشتِياقي

    وَيَحسُنُ سوءُ حالي في هُداهُ

    O you whose beauty excuses my longing,

    and in whose guidance my wretched state grows fair,

  2. أَعِنّي بِالوِصالِ فَدَتكَ نَفسي

    فَقَد بَلَغَ الهَوى بي مُنتَهاهُ

    Help me with union—may my soul be your ransom;

    for passion has carried me to its utmost limit.