1. من لِعْينَّي بالكَرى

    فأَرى الطيفَ إِن سرى

    Who will grant my eyes slumber,

    so I may see the dream-phantom if it comes by night?

  2. طال عهدي فعاد قلْب

    ي لِطَرْفي مُخَبِّرا

    Long has it been since I saw you; my heart has become

    a bearer of tidings to my gaze.

  3. كُلَّما اشْتَقْتُ أَن أَرا

    ك أَطلتُ التَّفكُّرا

    Whenever I long to see

    you, I prolong my contemplation.

  4. يا هِلالاً وبانةً

    وكَثِيباً وجُؤْذُرا

    O crescent moon and bān tree,

    and sand dune and wild-ox calf!

  5. لم أَبُحْ بالهوى الخفـ

    ـيّ اختياراً فأُهْجَرا

    I did not reveal my hidden love

    of my own accord, lest I be forsaken.

  6. إِنما السُّقْم نمّ عنه

    ودمعي به جرى

    Only sickness betrayed it,

    and my tears flowed because of it.

  7. أَنت أَبديتَ لي بوجهـ

    ـك عُذراً إلى الورى

    You have revealed to me, in your face,

    an excuse before the world.

  8. أَنت فرّقت بين أَجفـ

    ـان عَيْنَيَّ والْكرى

    You have parted the lids

    of my eyes from slumber.

  9. دَعْ نُوَدِّعْ خَدَّيْك لَثْم

    اً وإنْ شئتَ مَنْظرا

    Let us bid your cheeks farewell with kisses,

    and, if you wish, with a gaze,

  10. قبل أَن يكْمُل العِذا

    رُ عليه فما يُرى

    before the side-whiskers grow full

    over them, so they can no longer be seen.