رعى اللَه وصل من نحبه

ومن قلبي إليه مشتاق

May God unite me with the one I love

My heart longs for him

فهو دائي ومنه طبه

وسكنه في سواد الاحداق

He is my remedy, my cure

His image resides in the pupils of my eyes

يقولوا إن عاد قلبه

إلينا يا فلان توّاق

They say, if his heart returns to us

Oh so-and-so, you will be reunited

فأما أنا وحقّ ربه

على عهده ولست مذاق

As for me, by God's truth

I stand by my vow and have not wavered

عشق قلبي فكيف أقول به

إذا هو من قديم عشاق

My heart is in love, so how can I speak of it

For it has long been enthralled

إذا هبّ الصبا طمح به

يسوقه أين ماله أستاق

When the breeze blows, it reminds me of him

Drawing him wherever it blows

دعوا العاشق ومن علق به

فقد غلبت عليه الأشواق

Leave the lover be, and the one enthralled by him

For yearning has overcome him

وأن لا تمنعوه شربه

إذا محبوبه له ساق

Do not prevent him from drinking his fill

If his beloved is his cupbearer

هلمّ به يا نديم هلم به

فان السلسبيل قد راق

Come, my friend, come with him

For the anklets' bells have rung

فحبه في الجمال حسبه

وزاد أكمل بحسن الأخلاق

His beauty is enough, perfection upon good character

Nothing diminishes it, save his lack of sympathy

كمل ما فيه شي يشين به

سوى أنه قليل الاشفاق

Whoever saw him became enamored

He surpasses the moon in brilliance

فخلقه من رآه شغف به

وقد فاق القمر في الاشراق

Since I saw him, my eyes have wished for him

My tears flow ceaselessly

وطرفي مذ رآه متن به

فدمعي لم يزل دفاق

O people, his love is an obligation upon me

For I have not found passion in another

فرض يا ناس عليّ حبه

فعشقي في سواه ما لاق