بِرُوحِي مَنْ أَوْدَى بِعَقْلِي حُبُّهُ

وَلَمْ تَسْلُنِي عَنْهُ كُؤُوسُ رَحِيقِ

With my soul I ransom the one whose love has ruined my reason,

And cups of nectar could offer me no solace from him.

يُوَاصِلُنِي حَتَّى أَفِيقَ مِنَ الْجَوَى

وَيَهْجُرُنِي حَتَّى أَغَصَّ بِرِيقِ

He grants me union until I awake from my burning anguish,

Then forsakes me until I choke on my very breath.

غَدَوْتُ بِهِ مِنْ وَصْلِهِ وَصُدُودِهِ

بِدَارِ نَعِيمٍ أَوْ عَذَابِ حَرِيقِ

Through him, between his embraces and his rejections, I have come to dwell

In an abode of bliss or the torment of a burning fire.