أَلال تَقُل مَهلاً فَقَد ذَهَبَ المَهلُ

وَما كُلُّ مَن يَلحى مُحِبّاً لَهُ عَقلُ

Do not say wait, for the time of waiting is past

Not everyone who is in love has wisdom

لَقَد كانَ في حَولَينِ حالاً وَلَم أَزُر

هَواي وَإِن خُوِّفتُ عَن حُبِّها شُعلُ

For two years I did not visit her abode

Yet I love her, though I was warned against loving her

حَمى المَلِكُ الجَبّارُ عَنّي لِقاءَها

فَمِن دونِها نُخشى المَتالِفُ وَالقَتلُ

The Almighty King has forbidden me from meeting her

Without her we fear familiarity and death

فَلا خَيرَ في حُبٍّ يُخَلفُ وَبالُهُ

وَلا في حَبيبٍ لا يَكونُ لَهُ وَصلُ

There is no good in a love that is lost

Nor in a lover who cannot be united

فَوا كَبِدي إِنّي شُهِرتُ بِحُبِّها

وَلَم يَكُ فيما بَينَنا ساعَةً بَذلُ

Oh my liver, I am known for my love of her

Yet between us there has not been a moment of intimacy

وَيا عَجَباً إِنّي لَكاتِمُ حُبِّها

وَقَد شاعَ حَتّى قُطِّعَت دونَها السُبلُ

How strange, I conceal my love for her

Yet it has spread until because of her the paths are cut off