1. يا نائِماً أَرّقني

    وَخالِيا مِن حَزَني

    O sleeper who has kept me sleepless,

    and who is free of my sorrow,

  2. أَصاب أَعداءَك ما

    أَبصَرتَهُ في بَدَني

    may your enemies suffer what

    you have seen in my body.

  3. أَبصَرتُ في بَدر الدُّجى

    مشابِهاً من سَكَني

    I saw in the full moon of night

    a likeness of my beloved.

  4. أعرف مِنها شَبَهاً

    في كُلِّ شَيء حسنِ

    I recognize a likeness of her

    in every beautiful thing.

  5. وَقائِلٍ دَع حُبّها

    فَقُلت لا يَتركني

    And someone said, "Give up loving her";

    so I said, "It will not leave me:

  6. قَلبيَ وَالحُبُّ مَعاً

    قَد جُمِعا في قَرَن

    my heart and love together

    have been bound by a single tether."