1. سَلامٌ فوق ما تَصِفُ القوافي

    كَثيرٌ فوق ما تَسَعُ الفَيافي

    Greetings beyond what rhymes can describe,

    Abundant beyond what vast deserts can contain;

  2. وَشَوقٌ في فؤادٍ ضمَّ ناراً

    فكانَ بها كثالثة الأَثافي

    And longing in a heart that harbored fire,

    So, with that fire, it became like the third hearthstone.

  3. حَرامٌ أَن يُشاقَ القَلبُ مني

    اليكَ وانت منهُ في الشغافِ

    It is wrong for my heart to yearn

    For you, when you dwell in its innermost core,

  4. وان يَجري لبُعدكَ دمع عيني

    وَعنها نورُ وجهكَ غير خافِ

    And for my eye's tears to flow because you are far away,

    While the light of your face is not hidden from it.

  5. اذا ما مَرَّ ذكركَ في لساني

    حلا حتىّ حكى طعم السُلافِ

    Whenever mention of you passes over my tongue,

    It grows sweet, until it recalls the taste of choice wine.

  6. أَلا يا مَن ربيتُ على هواهُ

    فَكانَ طبيعةً وبها اتّصافي

    Ah, you whom I grew up loving,

    So that love became my nature and my defining trait.

  7. احبُّكَ لا أُلام ولستُ اخشى

    كَعُشّاق الورى مُرَّ التَجافي

    I love you, and am not to blame; nor do I fear,

    As the world's lovers do, the bitterness of estrangement.

  8. مضى زَمَنٌ سترجع عَن قَريبٍ

    اليهِ وَكُلُّ مقدورٍ موافِ

    A time has passed; you will soon return

    To it, and all that is destined will come to pass.

  9. طَعِمتُ الوصلَ أَلواناً واني

    غدوتُ اليوم اقنع بالكفافِ

    I have tasted union in many forms, and I

    Have now become content with the barest sustenance.