صَبرتُ وإنَّ الصبر عنك عسيرُ

وموتُ محبٍّ في هواكَ يسيرُ

I was patient, though patience towards you is difficult,

And death for a lover because of passion for you is easy.

أما رحمت عيناك من في فؤاده

عليكَ غليلٌ دائمٌ وزفيرُ

Won't your eyes show mercy to one whose heart

Holds constant agony and sighing because of you?

وكسرةُ جفنٍ ما تكادُ تقلهُ

وفترة طرفٍ ما تكادُ تدورُ

And the wakefulness of an eyelid that can barely rest,

And the weakness of an eye that can hardly turn.

لأنت الذي ما إن أرى لك مشبها

كما ما لمن يهواكَ فيه نظيرُ

For you have no equal, when I look

At those who love you, you have no peer.