1. ذَاكَ الهَوَى أَضْحَى لِقَلْبِي مَالِكا

    وَلِكُلِّ جانِحَةٍ بِجِسْمِي مَالِئا

    That passion has become the master of my heart,

    and fills every rib within my body.

  2. فَبِمُهْجَتِي ثَوَرَانُ بُرْكَانٍ جَوَى

    وَبِظَاهِري شَخْصٌ تَراهُ هَادِئاً

    For within my soul a volcano of anguish erupts,

    yet outwardly you see a man at peace.

  3. الغَيْثُ جِدّاً في نِهَايَةِ أَمْرِهِ

    مَا خِلْتُهُ إِحْدَى المَهَازِلِ بَادِئا

    The rain is in earnest at the end of its course—

    what I had first thought a farce.

  4. طَرَأَتْ عَليَّ صُرُوفُهُ مِنْ لَحْظَةٍ

    في حِين أَحْسَبُنِي أَمَنْتُ لَطَارِئا

    Its vicissitudes befell me through a single glance,

    just when I thought myself safe against the unforeseen.

  5. وَلَقَدْ َأَرَاهُ مَسْتَزِيداً شَقْوَتِي

    لَوْ كَانَ لِي بَدَلُ الْمَحَبَّةِ شَانِئا

    And I would surely see it seeking to increase my misery,

    if it hated me instead of loving me.

  6. إنِّي لأَسْأَلُ بَارِئِي وَلَعَلَّهَا

    أَوْلى ضِراعَاتِي أٌرَجِّي البَارئَا

    Indeed, I ask my Creator—and perhaps this is

    my worthiest supplication—as I beseech the Creator:

  7. أُمْنِيَتِي قُرْبِي لِشَمْسِي سَاعَةٌ

    فَأَبِيدُ مُحْتَرِقاً وَلَكِنْ هَانِئَا

    My wish is an hour close to my sun,

    then to perish, burning yet content.