عش فحبيكَ سَريعاً قاتلي

والضَّنى ما لَم تَصلني واصلي

Live, so love me quickly, my killer,

And longing, unless you unite me, unite me.

ظفرَ الشوقُ بقلبٍ مدنفٍ

بكَ والسقمُ بجسمٍ ناحلِ

Desire won a resentful heart,

Crying for you, and sickness a lean body.

فهما بين اكتئابٍ وضنىً

تركاني كالقَضيبِ الذابلِ

So they left me between gloom and longing,

Like a withered rod.

فبَكى العاذلُ لي من رحمةٍ

وبكائي لبُكاءِ العاذلِ

So the passionate one cried for me out of mercy,

And my crying for the crying of the passionate one.