يا مَنْ إِذا رُمْتُ عَنْهُ الصَّبْرَ يَمْنَعُني

شَوْقٌ يُجيبُ وَدَمْعٌ لَيْسَ يَمْتَنِعُ

O you whom when patience escapes me

Yearning answers and a tear that does not refrain

هَبْني أُخادِعُ طَرْفي عَنْ تأَمُّلِهِ

فَكَيْفَ أَخْدَعُ قَلْباً لَيْسَ يَنْخَدِعُ

Grant me to deceive my eyelids from contemplating him

For how can I fool a heart that will not be fooled

اخْضَعْ إِذا عَزَّ مَنْ تَهْوى وَذِلَّ لَهُ

فَودُّ أَهْلِ الهَوى أَبْقَى إِذا خَضَعُوا

Submit when he whom you love becomes dear and humble yourself to him

For the affection of the people of passion lasts when they submit