يا جيرة بالمعهد اليماني

متى التلاقي ومتى الداني

O neighbors at the Yemeni abode,

When shall we meet, and when shall the near one arrive?

إن الجفا والبعد قد عناني

وحل بي منه الذي كفاني

Indeed, estrangement and distance have tormented me,

And enough of it has befallen me.

غزال حاجر بهجة المسامر

ونزهة الأرواح والنواظر

The gazelle of Hajir, delight of the evening companion,

And refreshment for souls and eyes,

فاقت على غزلان شعب عامر

جماله الموصوف قد سباني

She outshone the gazelles of Shi'b Amir;

His beauty, as described, has taken me captive.

من آل طه ومن آلا يس

والجانب الغربي وطور سينين

From the family of Taha, and from the family of Ya-Sin,

And the western side, and Mount Sinai.

هل أنت يا سيد الحسان تدرين

بما أقاسي وبما أعاني

Do you, O sovereign of the fair, know

What I endure and what I suffer?

لله يا معشوقة الجمال

لطيفة الأوصاف والدلال

For God's sake, O you whose beauty is adored,

Delicate in your qualities and coy charm,

تعطفي بالقرب والوصال

على حليف المطل والتواني

Have compassion through nearness and union

On one bound to postponement and delay.

إن الهوى في الصب قد تحكم

وتم من شأنه عليه ما تم

Indeed, passion has mastered the lovesick one,

And through its workings upon him, what is done is done.

واللَه يعلم ما هنا وما ثم

وما الخبر يا صاح كالعيان

And God knows what is here and what is there;

And a report, my friend, is not like seeing firsthand.

هذا الغزال الأهيف المكحل

ما أحسنه ما ألطفه ما أجمل

This slender-waisted gazelle with kohl-lined eyes—

How lovely he is, how delicate, how beautiful!

ما زال بالي في هواه مبلبل

طول المدى والوقت والزمان

My mind remains bewildered by love for him,

Throughout all duration, time, and ages.

ما ضره لو كان قد وصلني

بزورة تحيي الموات مني

What harm would it have done him had he come to me

With a visit that would revive what is dead within me,

ولم يخيب بالصدود ظني

ويشمت الحساد والشواني

And not dashed my hope by turning away,

Nor made the envious and the haters gloat?

غزال يسكن في سفوح خيله

ويرتعي الأخياف والمسيله

A gazelle dwells on the slopes of Khaylah,

And grazes in the foothills and the watercourse.

ما لي إلى لقياه من وسيله

إلا الذي للحق قد دعاني

I have no means of meeting him

Except the one who has called me to the truth:

داعى الهدى والفوز والصلاح

إمام أهل الحق والفلاح

The caller to guidance, triumph, and righteousness,

Imam of the people of truth and success,

بحر الندى والجود والسماح

محمد المخصوص بالقرآن

A sea of bounty, generosity, and liberality,

Muhammad, specially favored with the Qur'an.