لي حبيب منه طرفي

في جنات ونعيم

I have a beloved, my eyes are fixed on him

In gardens and delights

وفؤادي من جفاه

في عذاب وجحيم

Yet my heart from his aloofness

Is in torment and anguish

أسمر كلم قلبي

أبيض من مقلتيه

Dark-complexioned, he captured my heart

Fairer than my eyelids

هل له ميقات وَصل

لشفا قلبي الكليم

Does our reunion have an appointed time

To heal my aching heart?

قلت والدمع حميما

قد جرى يا صاح رفقا

I said, as my tears flowed copiously

Oh companion, have mercy and be gentle

بكئيب ليس يلقى

غير دمع من حميم

With my weeping, for it finds

Naught but tears of anguish

رحت يا حبي بقلبي

حسبك المولى تعالى

Oh my love, you have left with my heart

May God above be your judge

رُدّ قلبي ضاع مني

وغدا وجداً يهيم

Return my heart which strayed from me

And wandered lost in yearning

بافتقاري بانكساري

بخضوعي لك دلاً

With my destitution, my brokenness

My humility toward you as a suppliant

رق لي وارث لحالي

أنت بالحال عليم

Take pity on my state

You know well my condition