يا تارِكَ الأَبرارِ فُجّارا

وَتارِكَ النُوّامِ سُمّارا

O you who abandon the righteous for the wicked

O you who turn the righteous into sinners,

And abandon those sleeping to become awake

And turn the slumbering into sleepless night-companions,

قَد قُلتُ لَمّا زارَني طَيفُكُم

أَهلاً بِهَذا الطَيفِ إِذ دارا

I said when your phantom visited me

I said when your phantom came to visit me:

Welcome to this phantom for as long as it lasts

"Welcome to this phantom as it arrived!"

نَفسي فَدَت طَيفَكَ مِن زائِرٍ

لَو زُرتَني يَقظانَ ما زارا

My soul is ransom for your visiting phantom

My soul is a ransom for your phantom visitor;

If you had visited me awake, you would not have visited

Had you visited me while awake, it would not have visited.

يا حَبَّذا خَدُّكَ هَذا الَّذي

مَن شَمَّهُ قارَفَ أَوزارا

O how wonderful this cheek of yours is

Oh, how lovely is this cheek of yours,

Whoever smells it bears heavy burdens

Whoever inhales its scent has committed sins.