ما في الفؤاد وإن هجرت سواكا

كلا ولا في القلب غير هواكا

What is in my heart, even if you abandon me, is none but you

No, and in my heart there is no passion but you

يا هاجراً أضنى المتيّم هجرهُ

قل لي متى يدنى الرضا مضناكا

O one who departed, the longing of the infatuated made him sad with abandonment

Tell me when will pleasure be close for one missing you

فوحق حبك لا يفارقني الضنا

حتى أرى متفيئاً بدراكا

For your love's sake, sadness does not leave me

Until I see the full moon of your face again

فاهجر وعذب بالبعاد حشاشتي

فأسيرُ حبك لا يروم فكاكا

So abandon me and torture me with distance

For I am captive to your love, not seeking release

هذى دموعي حسرة تهمى على

ما فاتني من نيل قرب رضاكا

My tears shed in sorrow, yearning

For what I missed of attaining the pleasure of your consent

يا هائما بهواهمُ عرس بهم

ولتفن في عرصاتهم محياكا

O you who are infatuated with your love, celebrate with them

And let your life fade in their dwellings

فعسى أوارك أن يعَلّ بنهلةٍ

تطفى لهيبا من غليل ظماكا

Perhaps its lights will extinguish with a drink

The flames of burning thirst for you

يا متلفى وهواه بين جوانحي

رفقاً بمضنى لا يطيق حراكا

O you who have ruined me, taking my passion within my chest

Be gentle with one weakened, unable to withstand movement

خذلته دعواه وعزّ نصيره

فمتى تجمع شملَهُ لقياكا

His claim has let him down, and the might of his ally

So when will you reunite him, that he meets you?

فارحم حليف مراقد كم بات في

ظلم الدياجي معلنا بنداكا

Have mercy on an ally whose many nights were spent

In the darkness of separation, calling your name

هجر المنام وبات يسكب جفنه

سح الدموع بساحتي مغناكا

He neglected sleep and shed tears from his eyelids

Wiping his tears in places of your abandonment

تاللَه ما يشفى تلهّفهُ ولا

يبرى ضناه غير قرب لقاكا

By God, his anxiety is not cured, nor

Is his sadness remedied, but by being close to you