1. أنتِ إن تؤمني بحبي كفاني

    لا غرامي ولا جمالك فاني

    You—if you believe in my love, that is enough for me.

    Neither my passion nor your beauty will perish.

  2. أجدب الهجرُ خاطري وخيالي

    وأجف النوى دمي ولساني

    Separation has laid my mind and imagination barren,

    And distance has dried up my blood and my tongue.

  3. فتعالي روّي الظما في عيوني

    واجنوني لقطرة من حنانِ

    So come, quench the thirst in my eyes—

    Oh, my mad longing for a drop of tenderness!

  4. طال والله في تنائيك ذلي

    ووقوفي على ديار الهوانِ

    By God, long has my abasement lasted in your absence,

    And my standing at the dwellings of humiliation.

  5. أي روح أحسه أي سر

    في جناحيك كلما ظللاني

    What spirit I feel—what mystery

    In your wings whenever they shade me!

  6. أي روح أحسه أي سحر

    سكبت فيّ هاته العينان

    What spirit I feel—what enchantment

    These two eyes have poured into me!

  7. لكأن الرميم ما تبعثان

    وكأن النشور ما تسكبان

    It is as though they raise crumbling bones to life,

    And as though they pour forth resurrection.

  8. وكأني محلق في سماء

    ومطل منها على الأكوان

    And as though I were soaring in the sky,

    And looking down from it upon the worlds,

  9. مستعز بما منحت قوي

    أجمع الكون كله في عنان

    Made mighty by what you have given, strong,

    I gather the whole universe under a single rein.