1. بليتُ بهذا الحبِّ أحملهُ وحدي

    وكلٌّ لهُ وجدُ المحبِّ ولا وجدي

    I have been afflicted with this love; I bear it alone.

    And everyone has a lover's longing, but not my longing.

  2. هي الحسنُ في تمثالها وأنا الهوى

    فلا عاشقٌ قبلي ولا عاشقٌ بعدي

    She is beauty in her sculpted likeness, and I am passion.

    So there is no lover before me, nor any lover after me.

  3. وفي كلِّ وادٍ للغرامِ بشاشةٌ

    فشأني في باريسَ شأني في نجدِ

    And in every valley there is gladness for love.

    So I am the same in Paris as in Najd.

  4. ولم أنسَ يوماً جئتها ذاتَ صبحة

    عليلاً كما هبَّ النسيمُ بلا وعدِ

    Nor have I forgotten the day I came to her one morning,

    Ailing, as the breeze blew in, without an appointment.

  5. وكنتَ وكانت والدلالُ يصدُّها

    فتبدي الذي أخفي وتخفي الذي أبدي

    And you were there, and she was there, while coyness held her back.

    So she reveals what I conceal, and conceals what I reveal.

  6. وما زلتُ حتى كاتمتني قبلةً

    على حذرٍ حتى من الحليْ والعقدِ

    And I persisted until she shared a secret kiss with me,

    Wary even of the jewelry and the necklace.

  7. وكنا كمثلِ الزهرِ يلثمُ بعضهُ

    ولا صوتَ للنسرينِ في شفةِ الوردِ

    And we were like blossoms kissing one another,

    And the wild rose has no voice upon the rose's lip.

  8. وكانَ فمي فيهِ إليها رسالةً

    فسلمها فاها وحمِّلض بالردِ

    And in it my mouth was a message to her;

    So it delivered it to her mouth and [possibly was charged] with the reply.

  9. إذا لم يكنْ عندَ الحبيبةِ لي جوىً

    فقولوا لماذا لا يكونُ الجوى عندي

    If my beloved feels no aching love for me,

    Then tell me why aching love should not be mine.