1. عش سالماً مما أصاب فؤادي

    وأطارَ عن عيني لذيذ رقادي

    Live safe from what has befallen my heart

    and driven sweet slumber from my eye.

  2. فلما بجسمي من سقامي شاهدٌ

    ولمقلتي من عبرتي وسهادي

    So the sickness in my body has a witness,

    and my eye has one in my tears and sleeplessness.

  3. إني أدين بطول حبكَ خالقي

    يا غايتي وتدينه ببعاد

    Indeed, I worship my Creator through my enduring love for you,

    O my ultimate desire, while you worship Him by keeping away.

  4. جعل الذي جعل الهوى لي مالكاً

    بالشوق وصلاً منك آخر زادي

    May He who made passion my master make

    union with you, amid longing, the last of my provisions.