عَيْنَاكِ إنْ سَلَبَتْ نَوْمي بِلاَ سَبَبِ

فَالنَّهْبُ يَا أُخْتَ سَعْدٍ شِيَمةُ العَرَبِ

Your eyes, if they robbed me of sleep without cause,

Then plunder, O Saad's sister, is the trait of Arabs.

وَقَدْ سَلَبْتِ رُقَادَ النَّاسِ كُلِّهُمُ

لِذَاكَ جَفْنُكِ كَسْلانٌ مِنْ التّعَبِ

And you have robbed the slumber of all people,

For that reason your eyelid is worn out from fatigue.

هَلْ ذاكَ لاَمِعُ بَرْقٍ لاَحَ مِنْ إِضمِ

أَمْ ابْتَسَمْتِ فَهَذَأ بَارِقُ الشَّنَبِ

Is that a flashing lightning that glared from contraction,

Or did you smile and so the bright teeth flashed?

وَتِلكَ نَارُكِ بِالجَرْعَاءِ سَاطِعَةٌ

أَمْ ذَاكَ خَدُّكِ وَهَّاجُ مِنَ اللَّهَبِ

And is that your blazing fire in the darkness,

Or is that your cheek raging with flames?

لاَ أَنْقَذَ اللهُ مِنْ نَارِ الجَوَى أَبَداً

قَلْبي الَّذي عَنْ هَوَاكُمْ غَيْرُ مُنْقَلِبِ

May God never save from the fire of love

My heart which about your love will not change.

إِنْ عَذَبَتْهُ بِنَارٍ مِنَ مَحَبَّتِهَا

نُعْمَ فَذَاكَ نَعِيمٌ غَيْرُ مُحْتَجُبِ

If it tortured him with a fire from her love,

Good! For that is a bounty not concealed.

منْ رامَ ذِكْرَ سِوَاهَا يَلْتَمِسْ أَحَداً

غَيْرِي فَذِكْرُ سِوَاهَا لَيْسَ مِنْ أَرَبي

Whoever seeks to mention other than her, let him seek someone

Other than me for the mention of other than her is not from my concern.

إِنْ حَدَّثَتْهُ الأَمَانِي أَنَّنِي أَبداً

أَسْلُوا هَوَاهَا فَقَدْ أَصْغَى إِلى الكَذِبِ

If hopes told him that I will ever

Divert my love from her then he listened to lies.