وَلَهُ المحبِّ إلى الحبيبِ

ولَهُ المريضِ إلى الطبيبِ

The lover has the right to love his beloved,

And the patient has the right to the physician.

بان الحبيبُ فبان عنـ

ـك بلذَّتَيْ حُسنٍ وطيبِ

My beloved appeared, so he disappeared from me,

With the pleasures of beauty and sweetness.

إنّي لَتُذْكِرني الحبيـ

ـبَ سوالفُ الرَّشأ الربيبِ

Indeed, conversations of tender youth

Will remind me of my beloved.

والبدرُ فوق الغصنِ والـ

ـغصنُ الرطيبُ على الكثيبِ

The full moon over the branch, and the

Moist branch upon the sand dune.

عرِّجْ على ذكرِ الصديـ

ـقِ وَعَدِّ عن ذكرِ الحبيبِ

Talk of the faithful friend, and abstain

From talk of the beloved.

كم مُكْثرٍ لي مُخْبِثٍ

ومُقِلِّ قولٍ لي مُطيبِ

How many deceitful ones multiply for me,

And how few good words come to me.