1. نعم مات في صدري حديثُ رجائه

    وأسلمني قلبي إلى بُرَحائه

    Yes, the talk of its hope has died within my breast,

    And my heart has given me over to its torment.

  2. فإن كنتِ أزمعتِ القطيعَةَ فاِفعلي

    وإن تُزمعي فعلٌ برغمِ خفائه

    So if you have resolved to sever our bond, then do it,

    And if you resolve upon it, that is an act, despite its concealment.

  3. لقد كنتِ في صحراءِ عمري روضةً

    فأذبل فيها الزهرَ حَرُّ ظمائه

    Indeed, you were a garden in the desert of my life,

    Then the heat of its thirst withered the blossoms there.

  4. وما حبُّنا إلا كنابتةٍ ذوت

    ولم يُروِها جفنُ الضحى بضيائه

    And our love is but like a plant that withered,

    Nor did midmorning's eyelid water it with its radiance.

  5. لعلك في القطعِ القريب مزيلةً

    عن القلب عبئاً كان أصل شقائه

    Perhaps, in the impending break, you will lift

    From the heart a burden that was the root of its misery.

  6. فكم مرضعٍ قد مات لم يُدرَ داؤُه

    ولو عاش كان العمرُ اكبر دائه

    For how many a suckling infant has died, his illness unknown,

    And had he lived, life would have been his greatest illness.

  7. أديري بهذا الكون طرفك سائلا

    ورُدّيه يرجِع دافقاً ببكائه

    Sweep your questioning gaze across this universe,

    And bring it back; it will return streaming with its tears.

  8. فأهونُ ما في الكون قطعُ محبةٍ

    إذا وُجدت فيه كساري هوائه

    For the easiest thing in the universe is to sever a love,

    When it is found there like its flowing air.

  9. وأعظم ذنبي إن قلبي في الهوى

    مشاعره مقرونةٌ بوفائه

    And my greatest sin is that my heart, in love,

    Has its feelings bound to its fidelity.

  10. وإني غريبٌ بين أهلي ومعشري

    اجرر بين الناس أقدامَ تائه

    And indeed I am a stranger among my family and my people,

    I drag a lost man's feet among the people.

  11. لقد مات في قلبي الرجاءُ فإن أعش

    فطولُ احتضارٍ كيف لي بشفائه

    Hope has indeed died in my heart; so if I live on,

    Then a long death-agony—how can I find a cure for it?

  12. وقلبك مغمورٌ بماءِ حياته

    ووجهك مغمورٌ بماءِ حيائه

    And your heart is immersed in the water of its life,

    And your face is immersed in the water of its modesty.

  13. فدونك بين الناس ما شئتِ من هوىً

    لقد ماتَ في صدري حديثث رجائه

    So take, among the people, whatever love you wish;

    Indeed, the talk of its hope has died within my breast.