ولقد مُنعتُ من المرافق كُلِّها

حتى مُنعتُ مرافقَ الأحلامِ

I have been denied all companions,

Even denied the companions of dreams;

من ذاك أني ما أراني طاعماً

في النوم أو متعرِّضاً لطعامِ

So I do not see myself tasting

Or inclined toward food in sleep.

إلا رأيتُ من الشقاءِ كأنني

أُثنَى وأُكْبحُ دونه بلجامِ

Except I see, from misery, as if I

Am bent and restrained, held back from it by a bridle,

وأرى الحبيبَ إذا ألمَّ خيالُهُ

ومرام قُبلته أعزّ مرامِ

And I see the beloved, when his image appears,

And the object of my kiss is the dearest object,

إلا منازعة تجُرُّ جنابةً

وتَشُبُّ في الأحشاءِ أيّ ضِرامِ

Except for quarreling that drags away intimacy

And kindles in the bowels any inflammation,

فأَهِبُّ قد وجب الطهورُ ولم أنَلْ

ممَّنْ هويت سوى جوىً وسقامِ

So I rouse myself―ablution is a duty―and I have not attained

From the one I love anything but ardour and sickness,

طرد الكرى عني وراغَ بحاجتي

وقضى عليّ بأجرة الحمّامِ

Absence drove him away from me, and my need pleaded,

And sentenced me to pay for the bathhouse.

سبحان ربٍّ لا يزال يُتيحه

ليزيدني في الغُرْمِ والإغرامِ

Glory to a Lord who continues to allow him

To increase me in passion and infatuation.