عِندي إِلَيكُم مِنَ الأَشواقِ وَالبُرَحا

ما صَيَّرَ القَلبُ مِن فَرطِ الهَوى سَبَحا

I have such longing and nightly sorrow for you

That it has made my heart become like froth from love’s excess

أَحبابَنا لا تَظُنوني سَلوَتُكُمُ

ما حالَتِ الحالُ وَالتَبريحُ ما بَرِحا

My friends, do not think I have forgotten you

Though time has passed and farewells were said

لَو كانَ يَسبَحُ صَبٌّ في مَدامِعِهِ

لَكُنتُ أَوَلَ مَن في دَمعِهِ سَبَحا

If tears could swim, I would be the first

To swim in their sea of weeping

أَو كُنتُ أَعلَمُ أَنَّ البَينَ يَقتُلُني

ما بِنتُ عَنكُم وَلَكِن فاتَ ما ذُبِحا

If I had known that separation would kill me

I would not have parted from you, but fate had me slaughtered

يا ساقِيَ الراحِ صُدَّ الكَأسَ عَن دِنفٍ

مازالَ مُغتَبِقاً بِالدَمعِ مُصطَبِحا

Oh cupbearer, stop the wine from one emaciated

Who is still drowning in tears at dawn