سَبْعٌ لِيَ اليَوْمَ أيا بُغْيَتي

لَم يَبْدُ لي مَنْظَرُكَ المُشْرِقُ

Seven days for me today, O my beloved

Your radiant sight has not appeared to me

ماذا الجفاءُ اللهَ في مُغْرَمٍ

أدْمُعُهُ مِنْ لَوْعَةٍ تَدْفُقُ

What is this aloofness to a love-smitten one

Whose tears from yearning profusely flow

أيَظْهَرُ البَدْرُ عَلى بُعْدِهِ

وأنتَ بالقُرْبِ ولا تُشْرِقُ

Does the full moon appear from afar

While you are near, yet do not shine?