1. أسيرٌ لا يفك ولا يفادُ

    سقيمُ الجسم ليسَ له فؤادُ

    A captive, neither freed nor ransomed;

    Ailing in body, with no heart of his own;

  2. أزيدُ من الغرامِ هوىً ووجداً

    فما للوجدِ فيه مستزادُ

    Greater than passion itself in love and longing,

    So there is no room in him for longing to grow.

  3. وكانت مقلتاه لي قياداً

    أطاعهما فأسلمه القيادُ

    And his two eyes were reins for me;

    He obeyed them both, so the reins abandoned him.

  4. فألبس ذا بصدقهما دموعاً

    وأسرعَ في منامهما السهادُ

    So it clothed this one in tears through their truthfulness,

    And sleeplessness hastened into their slumber.