ينامُ مَن لا سهرت عينه

فعبدها يخشى يكن راقدا

The one whose eyes never stayed up sleeps,

While his lover fears he may be asleep.

كيفَ ينامُ الليلَ من لم يزل

بالهَجرِ في تسهيده جاهِدا

How can the night sleep when it has not ceased

To struggle with separation in its bed?

يا نفسُ صبراً إنّني لاحقٌ

بمن تحرى قتله عامدا

O soul, have patience, for I pursue

One who tried to kill me deliberately.

بفتيةٍ قادهم حبهُ

إلى المنايا واحداً واحدا

With youths whom his love led

To death, one by one.