1. سلامٌ عَليك وَلَو شَفَّني

    مِن الوَجد وَاليَأس ما شَفَني

    Peace be upon you, though I am worn thin

    by the longing and despair that have worn me thin.

  2. أُداري غَرامَك جهد الحَليم

    فَما يَستَريح وَما أَنثَني

    I soothe my love for you with a forbearing man's utmost effort;

    yet it finds no rest, and I do not relent.

  3. وَقَلبي كَما يَشتَهيه الهَوى

    لِغَير جَمالك لَم يُذعن

    And my heart, as love would have it,

    has never yielded to anything but your beauty.

  4. خَفوقٌ ولَو شئتِ سَكَنته

    وَلَو شاءَ غَيرك لَم يَسكن

    It throbs; if you wished, you could still it,

    yet even if another wished, it would not grow still.

  5. سَقيم وَلَو شئت أَبرَأته

    بِعَطفك من دائه المزمن

    It is ailing; if you wished, you could cure it

    of its chronic malady with your tenderness.

  6. إِذا كُنت مِنهُ تِجاه اليَمين

    يَخفُّ إِلى جانِبي الأَيمَن

    If you are to its right,

    it hastens to my right side.

  7. أَلا إِنَّهُ مُرهق يَستَجير

    فَتَرثي لَهُ أَدمُع الأَعين

    Ah, it is exhausted, pleading for refuge,

    so the eyes' tears take pity on it.