1. يا ليلة الوصل هل تعودي

    وتنجزي بالوفا وعودي

    O night of union, will you return

    and faithfully fulfill the promises made to me?

  2. فالسقم قد نمّ عن غرامي

    ورقّ لي في الهوى حسودي

    For sickness has betrayed my passion,

    and my envier has taken pity on me in love.

  3. وسال من فيض سحب جفني

    غزير دمعي على الخدود

    And from my eyelid's overflowing clouds flowed

    my copious tears upon my cheeks.

  4. يا عاذلي خلّني فإنّي

    غبت من الوجد عن وجودي

    O you who reproach me, leave me be, for I

    have lost awareness of my own being through passionate longing.

  5. وصحتُ من عُظم ما ألاقي

    يا مقلتي بالدموع جودي

    And I cried out at the immensity of what I endure:

    O my eye, be generous with tears!

  6. قد فقت أهل الهوى هياماً

    في حبّ ظبي الحمى الشرود

    I have surpassed lovers in love's frenzy

    in loving the elusive gazelle of the sanctuary.

  7. إنّي أرى هجره جحيماً

    ووصلَه جنّة الخلود

    Indeed, I see his estrangement as hell,

    and union with him as everlasting paradise.

  8. ففي تنائيه والتداني

    ما حُلتُ عن سالف العهود

    For in his remoteness and his nearness,

    I have not turned from the vows of old.