دَع جُفوني والأَدمُعَ الُمستَهِلَّه

خلفَ تلكَ الرَّكائبِ الُمستَقلَّه

Leave my eyelids and the spilled tears

Behind those independent litters

واطلُبِ الصَّبر من سوايَ فصبري

كلهُ في خُدورِ تلكَ الأكلَّه

And seek patience from others, for my patience

Is all in the guts of that eater

لا تَجُز بالَمطِيِّ يا سائِقَ العِي

سِ خيامَ الِحمَى سَأَلتكَ بالله

Do not pass with the camel, O driver of the camel

The tents of fever, I asked you by Allah

وترفَّق بها فَفي حِلَّة القَو

مِ رَشاً لابِسٌ منَ الحُسنِ حُلَّه

And be gentle with it, for in the fine dress

A young gazelle wearing beauty's dress

ذُو دَلالِ عليهِ من وجنتيهِ

لي بقتلي شواهدٌ وأدِلَّه

With coquetry in its cheeks as evidence for me

That I killed it, apparent proofs

كلما ملَّني جَعلتُ هواهُ

لِيَ دونَ الأَنامِ دِيناً ومَلَّة

Whenever its love wearied me, I made its love

A religion and creed, exclusively for me

ضاعَ في حُبِّه جميعُ زماني

في عَساهُ وليتهُ ولعلَّه

All my time was lost in its love

In "perhaps", "if only" and "maybe"

لا تزدني في حُبِّهِ يا عذولي

خلِّ النُّصحَ ما أَنا قابِلٌ له

Do not increase me, O reproacher, in its love

Keep advice, I am not receptive to it

ففُؤادي دامٍ وَدَمعِي هامٍ

وَسَقامي نَام وقَلبي مُوَلَّه

For my heart is sick and my tears confused

And my illness is dormant and my heart infatuated