فَوا عَقلاهُ قَد ذَهَبا

وَوا جِسماهُ قَد عُطِبا

Alas for my mind, it has departed,

And alas for my body, it has perished.

أَحَقُّ الصارِخينَ أَنا

بِواحَربا وَواسَلَبا

I am the most deserving of those who cry out,

Wailing, "Oh, my ruin!" and "Oh, my loss!"

أَميرٌ لي رَأَيتُ لَهُ

بِفيهِ حَلاوَةً عَجَبا

I have a prince in whom I have observed

A wondrous sweetness in his mouth,

كَأَنَّ عَدُوَّهُ نَعَمَ

فَإِن هُوَ قالَها قَطَبا

As though his enemy were the word "Yes,"

For were he to speak it, he would scowl.

وَلَيسَ بِمانِعي هَذا

كَ مِن إِدمانِيَ الطَلَبا

Yet this does not prevent me

From my addiction to the pursuit.

إِذا ما مَرَّ مُلتَفِتاً

رَآني خَلفَهُ ذَنَبا

Whenever he passes by and turns to look,

He sees me trailing him like a tail.

بِجِسمي سَوفَ أَتبَعُهُ

وَقَلبي حَيثُما ذَهَبا

With my body, I shall follow him,

And my heart follows wherever he goes.