1. لا كالذي لا تنامُ مقلتهُ

    طوبى لمن ذاقَ طرفهُ وسنا

    Not like one whose eye does not sleep;

    Blessed is he whose eye has tasted slumber.

  2. أرقد هنيئاً فطالَ ما رقَدت

    عيني ولم يبكِ طرفُها حزنا

    Sleep peacefully, for long slept

    my eye, and its gaze did not weep in sorrow.

  3. يا لكِ من مقلةٍ وثقتُ بها

    فأسلَمتني لما رأَت حسنا

    Oh, what an eye you are, in which I placed my trust!

    Then it abandoned me when it saw beauty.

  4. أشكو إلى اللَه لا إِلى أحدٍ

    من عذبَ اللَه بالهوى فأنا

    I complain to God, not to anyone:

    If God has tormented anyone with love, it is I.