1. شوقٌ تمكن من هوىً فأذابهُ

    وضنىً رماهُ بسهمهِ فأصابه

    Longing took hold of love and melted it;

    and wasting illness shot it with its arrow and struck it.

  2. ليت الفراقَ طوىَ العذولَ وإلفَهُ

    وأطالَ بالحزنِ الطويلِ عذابه

    Would that separation engulfed the reproacher and his beloved,

    and prolonged his torment with long-lasting grief.

  3. إن أعتبَ البين المشتُ أخا الهوى

    بعد العتابِ فقد أطلتُ عِتابه

    If sundering separation makes amends to love’s devotee

    after reproach, then I have long reproached it.

  4. أبكي كما يبكي كئيبٌ مدنفٌ

    من شوقهِ بالله يا أحبابه

    I weep as a sorrowful, gravely ill man weeps

    from his longing—by God, O his beloved ones!