خَليليَّ ما للريح أضحى نسيمُها

يذكرني ما قد مضى ونَسيتُ

My beloved, why has the breeze of the wind

Reminded me of what has passed and I forgot

أبعدَ نذير الشيب إذ حلَّ عرضي

صَبَوت بأحداق المها وسُبيتُ

After the warning of old age settled in my temple

I was youthful in the eyes of longing and was captivated

ولي سكن أغرى بي الحزنَ حسنُه

جريءٌ على قتل المحب مُقيتُ

And I have a dwelling that allures me with its beauty of sorrow

Bold in killing the lover I am hated

فيا قمراً أغرى بي النقص واكتسى

كمالاً ووافي سعده وشقيتُ

So it was a moon that allured me with its deficiency and wore

Perfection and met its happiness while I was miserable

وليتِ فرقي إذ وليتِ لهائم

سباه لمَيَّ كالشهد منك وليتُ

And if only we separated when I wished

Its trouble would not have let me be like honey from you, and oh how I wish

وجودي ببرد الوصل يا جنَّةَ المُنى

فأنّي بحَر الوجد منك صُليتُ

And my existence in the cold of union, O heaven of wishes

For I was frozen in the sea of passion for you