حَفِظَ اللَهُ ساعَةً مَزَجَتني

بِحَبيبي فَنَحنُ مَزجاً كَشُهدِ

May God preserve the hour that joined me

With my beloved, for we were united like honey,

وَلَحا اللَهُ ساعَةً فَرَّقَتنا

وَحَشَت في حَشايَ أَعظَمَ وَقدِ

Yet, may God damn the hour that parted us -

It left within my entrails a mighty fire.

صِرتُ كَالشَمعِ مُحرِقاً ذا اصفرار

وَهوَ كَالأَريِ لَو يُباحُ لِوردِ

I've become like a candle, burning, turning yellow,

While he is like a myrtle, if embracing roses were allowed.