لَم يَكُن هَجرُ حَبيبي عَن قِلى

لا وَلا ذاكَ التَجَنّي مَلَلا

My beloved's abandonment was not at all

A cause of weariness or boredom for my heart

سَرَّهُ شُكرِيَ إِذ عافى وَلَم

يَدرِ ما غايَةُ صَبري فَابتَلى

He was pleased with my gratitude when he excused me

Not knowing the extent of my patience, so he tested me

أَنا راضٍ بِالَّذي يَرضى بِهِ

لِيَ مَن لَو قالَ مُت ما قُلتُ لا

I am content with what pleases him

For me, one who, if he said "Die," I would not say "No"

مَثَلٌ في كُلِّ حُسنٍ مِثلَ ما

صارَ ذُلّي في هَواهُ مَثَلا

An example in every beauty is like what

My humiliation in his love has become an example

يا فَتيتَ المِسكِ يا شَمسَ الضُحى

يا قَضيبَ البانِ يا ريمَ الفَلا

O musk boy, O sun of the morning

O wand of incense, O sand of the dune

إِن يَكُن لي أَمَلٌ غَيرَ الرِضا

مِنكَ لا بُلِّغتُ ذاكَ الأَمَلا

If I had any hope other than acceptance

Of you, I would not have attained that hope