يا أَظرَفَ النَّاسِ شَكلاً

وَما حَكَوا منكَ كُلّا

O most graceful in appearance

And they told not a thing about you

يا أَجمَلَ النّاس وَجهاً

بَل أَحسَنَ النّاس كُلّا

O most beautiful of people in face

Rather, best of all people

كم ذا أقول تعطّفْ

وَلَو لِسانيَ كلّا

How much can I say to make you sympathize

Even if my tongue talked endlessly

وكلّما قُلتُ صِلْني

تقولُ هيهات كَلّا

And whenever I say, "Bring us together"

You say, "Never, not at all!"

أَما عَلِمتَ بِأَنّي

مَتنُ اِصطِبارِيَ كلّا

Don't you know that I

Am at the end of my patience

وَمِن كَثيرِ التّجَنِّي

حَملت بِالحبّ كَلّا

And from being so humble

I have endured love, not at all

وَقَفتُ ناظِرَ عَيني

وَالدَّمعُ بِالمَشيِ كلّا

I stood looking at my eyes

While tears flowed as I walked, not at all

وَأَنّه صارَ وَقفاً

عَلى سَبيلكَ مَلّا

And that it has become a standstill

In your path, not moving

وَما مَلِلت غَرامي

لَستَ اِمرَأً مِنهُ مَلّا

And my love has not bored you

You are not a woman to bore of it

بَل فيكَ صَبري حَميدٌ

وَكَم شَجى فيكَ مَلّا

Rather, you have good patience with me

And how much yearning is in you, not at all

وَخانَ فيكَ عُهوداً

بِالفَتْقِ مِن حَيثُ ملّا

And you broke promises

By separation, from whence not at all

وَلَم أَمِنْ بِغَرامي

وَقَلَّ في النّاسِ مَنْ لا

And I did not feel safe with my love

And few people said "No"

واللَّهِ لَو ذابَ قَلبي

عَنِ الجَوى ما تَوَلّى

By God, if my heart melted

From passion, it would not turn away

بَل لَيسَ يَبرَحُ صَبّاً

عَنِ الهَوى ما تولّى

Rather, it does not cease being passionate

From love, it does not turn away

ولو فنيتُ وقالوا

دعِ الهوى وتولّى

And if I perished and they said

"Leave love and turn away"

أَو قالَ مِن بَعدِ مَوتي

عَواذِلي ماتَ وَلَّى

Or after my death, someone said

"His lover died and turned away"

طَوعاً لِحُكمِ غَرامٍ

هَواكَ إذ شِئتَ وَلّى

Willingly by the rule of love

Your love, when you want, turns away

صَبراً على حكمِ هَجرٍ

عليّ فيكَ تولّى

Patiently by the rule of separation

Upon me through you, it turned away

فَراقِبِ اللَّهَ وَاِحفَظْ

قَلباً لَهُ صرتَ إِلّا

So observe God and guard

A heart you have become, if not

لا تَنسَ يا اِبنَ وِدادي

لِلحبّ عَهداً وَإِلّا

Do not forget, O son of my love

The pact of love, if not

وَجُدْ عَليَّ بِوَصْلٍ

يَشفي الّذي أَلَّ إِلّا

And be affectionate to me with a reunion

That heals what has befallen me, if not

وَاِمنَحْ مُعنّاك قُرْباً

تُحيي وُجودي وَإِلّا

And grant me your intimacy, closeness

To revive my existence, if not

وَجُملةُ الأَمرِ أَني

قَد صرت لِلحبّ إِلّا

And in summary, I

Have become just for love, if not

وزبدةُ القولِ إني

راضٍ وصلتَ وإنْ لا

And the essence of speech is that I

Am content if you unite, and if not