1. يا كَبدِي في الهَوى ويا بَصري

    أصبحتما في عناً على خطرِ

    O my liver in love, and O my sight,

    You both have come to be in distress, at risk.

  2. لا تبليا لا شقيتما أبداً

    إلا بما نلتما من النظرِ

    May you both never waste away, nor ever suffer,

    Except through what you have gained from gazing.

  3. دوما على طاعة الهَوى دعةً

    فالطرفُ بينَ الدموعِ والسهرِ

    Remain, both of you, at ease in obedience to love,

    For the eye is between tears and sleeplessness.

  4. يا راقداً لم يُحِط به حذرٌ

    لم يبقِ من مُهجَتي ولم يذرِ

    O sleeper, whom no fear has encompassed,

    Who has spared none of my lifeblood and left nothing.