لِي سَقامٌ مُواصِلُ

وَدُمُوعٌ هَوَامِلُ

I have lasting sickness,

And tears that flow,

وَفُؤادٌ مُبَلْبَلٌ

بَلْبَلَتْهُ البَلابِلُ

A heart confused -

The nightingales confused it.

أَدْمُعي قَدْ تَزَاوَجَتْ

وَالأَماني أَرَامِلُ

My tears are joined together,

My hopes are widows.

وَحَبِيبِي مُعَذِّبٌ

لِيَ بِالهَجْرِ قَاتِلُ

And my lover tortures me

With his deadly abandonment.