وَاصَلُونِي بَعْدَ بُعْدِي

وَرَعُوا سَالِفَ عَهْدِي

Keep in touch though we're apart

And heed my covenant of old

وَعلَى رَغْمِ الحَسُودِِ

أَنْجَزُوا بِالوَصْلِ وَعْدِي

Despite the envious at heart

Fulfill your promise to uphold

يَا سُرُوري بالَّتدَاني

يَا هَنَا حَظِّي وَسَعْدِي

My joy in our closeness

My fortune and delight

جَادَ لِي بَدْرِي بِوَصْلِ

يا هَنَائِي نِلْتُ قَصْدِي

The full moon brought our nearness

I've attained what I wished this night

فَاجْتَمِعْ يَا مَاءَ عَيْني

وانْطَفِي يَا نَارَ وَجْدِي

My tears now flow as one

My burning love subside

أَنَا فِي لَيْلَةِ أُنْسِي

قَدْ صَفَا مَوْرِدُ وِرْدِي

On my night of bliss

My trysting place purified

وَتَناولْتُ كُؤُوسي

بَين رَيْحَانٍ وَوَرْدِ

I sipped from my cup

Amid basil and roses

مِنْ يَدَيْ حُلْوِ التثَنيِّ

فَاتِنٍ أَهْيَفِ قَدِّ

From hands soft and delicate

Of a beauty with perfect poses

تَارَةً يُنْشِدُ خُذْ كَاسِي

وَطَوْراً هَاكَ خَدِّي

One moment “take my cup”

Another “here is my cheek”

إِنْ أَقُلْ يَا أَلْفَ مَوْلَى

قَالَ لِي يَا أَلْفَ عَبْدِي

If I say “O thousands beloved”

He says “O thousands your meek”

أَوْ سَقَى المَمْزُوجَ غَيْرِي

خَصَّنِي بالصِّرْفِ وَحْدِي

Or if he gave the mixed wine to others

He favored me alone to drink

في هَوَاهُ دَعْ مَلاَمِي

وَاطْرِحْ غَييِّ وَرُشْدِي

In his love forget my blame

And cast off my sanity I think

نَارُ وَجْدي في هَوَاهُ

كَنَعِيمِ الخُلدِ عِنْدِي

The fire of my love for him

Is paradise everlasting for me