1. هَواكَ يَأَبى سِوى سُهدِي وَتَعذِيبي

    وَسِحرُ عَينَيكَ يُغرِيني وَيُغري بِي

    Love for you accepts nothing but my sleeplessness and torment.

    And the spell of your eyes entices me and sets others against me.

  2. وَوَصلُكَ الدَهرَ مَضنُونٌ فَمَوعِدُهُ

    مُرَجَّعٌ بَينَ تَصديقٍ وَتَكذِيبِ

    And union with you is ever withheld, so its promise

    Is tossed back and forth between affirmation and denial.

  3. عَلامَ لَحظُكَ يُدنِيني وَيُبعِدُني

    وَالصَبرُ يَنفَدُ في بُعدٍ وَتَقرِيبِ

    Why does your glance draw me near and send me away,

    While patience runs out in distance and nearness?

  4. وَفيمَ أَطمَعُ مِن لُقياكَ في عِدَةٍ

    مِيقاتُها بَينَ مَحظُورٍ وَمَندُوب

    And why should I hope to meet you on a promise

    Whose appointed time lies between the forbidden and the recommended?

  5. يا رَوَّعَ اللَهُ رَوعاتِ الفِراقِ بِكُم

    أَذكَت حَشايَ بِجَمرٍ مِنهُ مَشبُوبِ

    Ah, may God terrify the terrors of parting from you!

    They have kindled my heart with its blazing embers.

  6. وَكَم أَطالَت يَدُ البينِ المُشِتِّ عَلى

    جَمرِ الغَرامِ وَنارِ الشَوقِ تَقلِيبي

    And how long the hand of sundering separation has kept

    Turning me over love's embers and longing's fire!