1. يُؤَرِّقُنِي هَواكِ فَلَسْتُ أَهْدَا

    أُحاوِلُ بِالدَّواءِ  أَصُدُّ سُهْدَا  

    Love for you keeps me sleepless; I find no rest.

    I try with medicine to ward off sleeplessness.

  2. ويَأْخُذُنِي المَنامُ إِليْكِ حُلْمًا

    يَزيدُكِ في الهَوَى دَلًّا وبُعْدَا

    And sleep carries me to you in a dream

    That makes you more coy and distant in love.

  3. وأَصْحو لا المَنامُ يَبُلُّ رِيْقي  

    ولا في الصَّحْوِ أَلْقَى مِنْكِ وَعْدَا

    And I wake: sleep does not quench my thirst,

    Nor, awake, do I find a promise from you.

  4.  أَرِينِي في هَوَى عَيْنَيْكِ حَلًّا

     يُقَرِّبُني إِلى عَيْنَيْكِ وِرْدَا ...

    Show me a remedy for love of your eyes,

    One that draws me close to your eyes to drink...

  5.  وإِلَّا فَابْعَثِي بِالطَّرْفِ سَهْمًا

    فَيَحْلُو لِي المَماتُ عَلَيْهِ رَدَّا

    Or else, send an arrow with your gaze,

    Then death will be sweet to me in answer to it.

  6.  وأَخْفِي السِّرَّ عَنْ أَهْلِي فَإِنِّي

     أَنا مَنْ شَاءَ هَذا القَتْلَ عَمْدَا

    And hide the secret from my family, for I—

    I am the one who deliberately chose this killing.

  7.  ولا تََنْسَيْ إِذا ما مَرَّ يَوْمًا

     خَيالِي أَنْ يَنالَ لَدَيْكِ وُدَّا !

    And do not forget—should it pass by one day,

    My image—to let it find affection with you!

  8. سَأَلْتُكِ في هَوَى العُشَّاقِ رِفْقًا

     فكَمْ بِالعِشْقِ سَهْمُ الطَّرْفِ أَرْدَى !!!

    I asked you to be gentle with lovers' passion,

    For how many has the arrow of a glance slain in love!