1. تذكرت من أهوى وما كنت ناسيا

    فيا ليت محمودي يكون مواسيا

    I remembered the one I love, though I had not forgotten.

    Ah, if only my Mahmoud would console me!

  2. أنا الدنف المهضوم في الحب حقه

    فيا مدنفي بالله كن لي آسيا

    I am the lovesick one, denied my due in love.

    O you who make me languish, by God, be my healer.

  3. سبيت على رغم التوله قلبه

    فلم كان في لأواه قلبك قاسيا

    You took his heart captive, despite his infatuation.

    Why, then, was your heart cruel amid his anguish?

  4. تناوله كأسا دهاقا وطالما

    حدا لك قلبا يحمل الود خاليا

    You offer him a brimming cup—and how often

    He has urged toward you a heart bearing love, alone.

  5. وكم ليلة قضيتها بجواركم

    رعى الله أياما لنا ولياليا

    And how many a night I spent beside you!

    May God bless those days and nights of ours.

  6. أتتركني في يم شوقك راسيا

    وتغرق فلكي بعد ما كان راسيا

    Will you leave me anchored in the sea of longing for you,

    And sink my ship after it had been anchored?

  7. خضوعا لأحكام الغرام وأهله

    وصبرا جميلا فاقض ما كنت قاضيا

    In submission to the decrees of passion and its devotees,

    And with gracious patience—decree whatever you would decree.

  8. فيا له قرطاسا بخطك رائقا

    يثير هوى في القلب لا زال ناميا

    Ah, what a delightful sheet of paper bearing your handwriting!

    It stirs a love in the heart that keeps on growing.

  9. بعثت به تستفسر الصب عالما

    بحاله إذ لم يبغ إلا التلاقيا

    You sent it to inquire after the lovesick one, knowing

    Of his condition, since he sought nothing but a meeting.

  10. فكن راضيا بالله عني لأنني

    أرى العيض في الدنيا إذا كنت راضيا

    So, by God, be pleased with me, for I

    Find recompense in this world when you are pleased.

  11. أعلل نفسي بالأماني وإنها

    فطيمة صبر لا تطيق التجافيا

    I soothe my soul with hopes, though it

    Is weaned from patience and cannot bear estrangement.

  12. يساجلني فيك الشتاء بوابل

    فيصبح دمعي مثل دمعه جاريا

    Winter vies with me over you, with a downpour,

    So my tears flow like its tears.

  13. وحظي من الأسبوع يوم بنظرة

    فأمسيت من شوقي أعد الثوانيا

    And my share of the week is one day with a glimpse.

    So, in my longing, I have come to count the seconds.

  14. أحرم سلواني وأحمي مودتي

    اسامر تذكاري وأصغي التباكيا

    I deny myself solace and guard my affection.

    I keep my memories company by night and listen to forced weeping.

  15. شغفت به واللطف أكمل حسنه

    إلي وما أتممت فيه القوافيا

    I was smitten with him; his beauty was perfected by kindness

    Toward me; yet I have not finished the rhymes about him.