1. بك التأم مولاي شعب المنى

    فدام لك السعد طول الدوام

    Through you, my lord, the rift in hopes was healed.

    So may good fortune remain yours for all time.

  2. طلعت بمصر بعيد الغيا

    ب عنها طلوع هلال الصيام

    You rose in Egypt shortly after your absence

    from her, as the crescent of fasting rises.

  3. فهل يسع العين ان لا تراك

    وتقنع بعد الضيا بالظلام

    So can the eye bear not to see you,

    and be content with darkness after light?

  4. صرفت كثير التفاتي إليك

    وتعرف أني كثير الغرام

    I have directed much of my attention toward you,

    and you know that I am full of passion.

  5. وما بي غرام لغير العلا

    ولا لي اشتياق لغير الكرام

    And I have no passion for anything but greatness,

    nor do I long for anyone but the noble.

  6. فكيف قضيت لنا بالبعاد

    وعدلك قد شاع بين الأنام

    How, then, have you sentenced us to separation,

    when your justice is renowned among humankind?

  7. وكيف انبعاثك في مجلس

    وليس به مطرب من كلام

    And how can you be stirred in a gathering

    where no speech brings delight?

  8. وما نافعي قرب دار الهوى

    ومن دونها مانع الاحتشام

    And what use to me is nearness to love's abode,

    when the barrier of bashfulness stands before it?

  9. فإن ترني فبعين اراك

    فإني أراك بعين التمام

    So if you look on me, use the eye with which I look on you;

    for I look on you with an eye that sees perfection.

  10. وباللّه ان لم يكن بالكلام

    ودادك لي فليكن بالسلام

    And, by God, if not through conversation,

    then let your affection for me be shown in a greeting.