أُسائلُ الرَّكبَ عنكم

وأنتم في فؤادي

I ask the travelers about you

While you are in my heart

وقفٌ عليكم طريقي

في حُبّكم وتِلادي

My journey stops for you

In my love for you and my longing

تصبُّري في انتقاصٍ

ولوعتي في ازديادِ

My patience increases in loss

And my agony grows

قالوا مرادك ماذا

فقلتُ أَنتم مُرادي

They asked what do you want

I said you are what I want

ما بالكم لم تلبُّوا

وقد سمعتم أُنادي

Why didn't you respond

When you heard my call

وكم لكم من أيادٍ

لم أَنسها وأَيادِ

How many favors you have

I did not forget them or the hands that gave them

يا مالكي الرِّقَ رقُّوا

فقد ملكتم قيادي

Oh you who own me, have mercy

For you have owned my reins

صددتم الوردَ عنّي

علماً بأنيَ صادِ

You have denied me roses

Knowing that I am a flower picker

سرتم بقلبي وسري

وراحتي ورقادي

You have taken my heart, my secret

My comfort and my rest

ما هكذا لو عرفتم

يكونُ شرطُ الوِدادِ

It would not have been so if you knew

This is the condition of love