1. يا طلعةَ البدرِ التمامِ

    وقامةَ الغصنِ الرطيبِ

    O countenance of the perfect full moon,

    and stature of the tender bough!

  2. ما شئتَ أني في الهوى

    لا بالملولِ ولا الغضوبِ

    Whatever you may wish, in love I am

    neither easily wearied nor quick to anger.

  3. ليتَ الذي بكَ حينَ تنأ

    ى معرضاً مثل الذي بي

    Would that what is in you, when you withdraw,

    turning away, were like what is in me.

  4. كم بتُّ بعدكَ ليلةً

    أدعو بها للمستجيبِ

    How many a night I have spent since you left,

    calling during it to the one who answers.

  5. وشكوتُ هجركَ للصبا

    شكوى الغريبِ إلى الغريبِ

    And I complained of your abandonment to the east wind,

    a stranger's complaint to a stranger.

  6. أمستْ ليالي ذا الجفا

    مثلَ الهمومِ على القلوبِ

    The nights of this estrangement have become

    like sorrows upon hearts:

  7. سوداءُ في لونِ الشبا

    بِ وهمُّ أيام المشيبِ

    black in the color of youth,

    and the sorrow of the days of gray hair.