أيامن له الأشواق مني كثيرة

ومني دموعي يوم بان غزيرة

My days long for you so very much,

And from me tears flowed copiously when you left.

ويا من لقلبي في هواه سريرة

فليتك تحلو والحياة مريرة

O you for whom my heart secretly yearns,

If only you were sweet while life is bitter!

وليتك ترضى والأنام غضاب

خيالك في قلبي لقلبي مسامر

If only you were pleased while people are wrathful!

Your image in my heart nails my heart in place,

وحبك للعشاق ناه وآمر

فيا ليت غيث الوصل لي منك غامر

And your love for lovers is sigh and command.

If only a downpour of union with you would flood me!

وليت الذي بيني وبينك عامر

وبيني وبين العالمين خراب

If only what lies between me and you were prosperous,

And between me and all people was devastation!

لقد ذاب كلي في لقاك لك الهنا

وبدل فقري في تجليك بالغنى

I have melted away completely in seeing you - to you belongs all praise!

And your manifestation to me replaced my poverty with wealth.

وأنت هو الموجود حقا ولا أنا

إذا صح منك الود يا غاية المنى

You are the only one who truly exists, not I,

If affection from you, O utmost of wishes, is true!

فكل الذي فوق التراب تراب

For all above the dust is dust.