بَكَيتُ بُكا الوَليد على الفِطامِ

وَنُحتُ على النوى نوحَ الحمامِ

Like a babe I wept when deprived of the breast,

And the doves moaned for their nest.

وَكلَّفتُ النَسيم لكم سَلاماً

فضاع وضاع إِهدآءُ السَلامِ

I bid the breeze convey loving greetings,

but the errand was lost, lost in oblivion.

سَلامٌ من محبٍّ ذي فؤادٍ

صَدقوٍ في المحبة وَالغَرامِ

Greetings of a lover, true of heart,

Sincere in love and passion's smart.

فؤادٌ كالزلال صفا وَرقَّت

عواطِفُهُ كَماءٍ ذي اِنسجامِ

A heart pure as water, gentle in its ways,

Its emotions flowing as one, as a stream stays.

جَرى حفظ الذِمام بِهِ فَحاكى

دماً فدمآؤُهُ حفظُ الذمامِ

It preserved allegiance, like blood congealed,

As hearts blood within it sealed.

على مَن لَستُ انساهُ سَلامٌ

من القلب المشوق المُستهامِ

To the one I cannot forget, greetings I send,

From a longing heart, to comprehend its friend.

وَما يُجدي السلام وَلا رَسولٌ

يؤَدِّبه فَلَيسَ سِوى الكَلامِ

What good is a message, or sending it ahead?

Naught remains except what's said.

على مَن عندَهُ قَلبي مقيمٌ

هَنيئاً للفؤاد بذا المَقامِ

With the one whose heart resides in me,

Happy is my heart, enjoying such constancy!

وددتُ لَو انَّني قَلبي لابقى

بذيّاك المقام على الدَوامِ

Would that my heart with you could yet stay,

And not be forced to go away.

وَها انا في الهوى كلي فؤادٌ

يهيم مُخالِفاً باقي الانامِ

Not like the rest of men, thinking thereof.

Would that I were with you, like my heart!

فَهلّا كنتُ عندك مثل قَلبي

ولكن ذاك ممتنعُ المرامِ

But that's not easy, we're apart.

So to you my heart I bid goodbye,

اذن فعليك يا قَلبيَ سَلامٌ

من الجسم المعذَّب بالسقامِ

While my body, sickened, heaves a sigh.

Would that I were you, would that we never part!

فَلستَ براجِعٍ وانا لو أَنّي

مكانَكَ كُنتُ مثلك بالتَمامِ

But you, O heart, are the greater part.

Consumed by love, rapturous flame,

ولكن أَيُّها القلب المعنىَّ

لَقَد اصبحتَ في لَهَبِ الضَرامِ

Beware of fires that scorch yet claim.

فحاذِر ان يلمَّ بِهِ اذىً من

لهيبك في المحبة والهيامِ