حَمَى جَفنَ عَيني الوَسن

ووَكلني بالحزَن

My eyelids have fevered from wakefulness

And sorrow has been assigned to me

رَشأ لم يَزل طرفُهُ

يثيرُ بديعَ الفِتَن

A youth whose glance

Stirs up exquisite temptations

كتمتُ هَواهُ لهُ

وخِفتُ عليهِ الفِطَن

I concealed my love for him

And feared the discerning

فَما أقلعَت مُقلَتي

عن الدَّمعِ حتى عَلَن

My eyes did not cease shedding tears

Until my love was revealed

وَناداهُ وَجدي بهِ

أيا حسناً يا حسَن

And my passion called out to him

Oh beauty! Oh beauty!

خفِ اللَه ماتَ الفؤا

دُ شَوقاً وذابَ البدَن

For God's sake, the young man died

Of longing and his body wasted away