غَشِيَتْنِي مِنَ الهُمُومِ غَواشٍ

لِعَذُولٍ يَلُومُ فِيكَ ووَاشِ

The sorrows have overwhelmed me, oh how they gush

For one who finds faults in you, in blame and hush

لَوْ يُلاَقوا الَّذِي لَقِيتُ مِن الْوَجْ

د لِشَوْقٍ بَيْنَ الجَوانِحِ نَاشِ

If they but knew what I have come to feel

Of longing between ribs for you so real

نَمَّ بِالسِّرِّ عِنْدُهُمْ دَمْعُ عَيْنِي

إِنَّ سِرَّ المُحِبِّ بِالْدَّمْعِ فَاشِي

My teardrops before them have flowed in a stream

For a lover's secret is by tears seen

مَنْ عَذِيرِي لظَالِمٍ أَنَا مِنْهُ

فِي زَمَانِ الوصَالِ لِلْهَجْرِ خَاشِي

Who can I blame that I fear estrangement

In days of union from one so impatient

أَخَذَ الْقَدَّ مَنْ قَضِيبٍ رَطِيبٍ

وحكى أَعْيُنَ الظِّبَاءِ العِطاشِ

He has plucked straight branches from a sweet rod

And told thirsty gazelles where waters trod