أَيا مَن وَجهُهُ قَمَرُ

وَيا مَن قَلبُهُ حَجَرُ

O you whose face is like the moon

And whose heart is like stone

وَيا مَن جَلَّ في الدُنيا

وَما لي عِندَه خَطَرُ

O you who is exalted in this world

While I have no standing with you

وَيا مَن لَيسَ في الدُنيا

لِنَفسي غَيرَهُ وَطَرُ

O you who in this world

I have none but you as solace

أَغَرَّكِ أَنَّ حُبَّكِ في

صَميمِ القَلبِ يَستَعِرُ

Did it delude you that your love

Burns fiercely in my heart's core?

بِسُلطانٍ عَلى جِسمي

فَما يُبقي وَلا يَذَرُ

With power over my body

Leaving neither trace nor mark

وَأَنَّكِ كُلَّما أَذنَب

تِ جِئتُ إِلَيكِ أَعتَذِرُ

And that whenever I sin

I come to you pleading forgiveness

وَأَنتِ الدَهرَ جائِرَةٌ

وَما أَقوى فَأَنتَصِرُ

While you are forever unjust

And I cannot overcome you in strength

وَما يُدريكِ وَالأَيّا

مُ في تَصريفِها عِبَرُ

What do you know of fate

And the lessons within its twists?

لَعَلَّكِ تُبتَلَينَ بِما اِب

تُليتُ بِهِ وَأَزدَجِرُ

Perhaps you will be tested with what

I was tested, and I will gloat

إِذا ما رُمتُ هَجرَكُمُ

يُكادُ القَلبُ يَنفَطِرُ

When I spurn you, my heart

Nearly shatters into pieces

أَما وَاللَهِ لَو أَنّي

عَلى الهِجرانِ أَصطَبِرُ

By God, if I could endure

Estrangement, I would find relief

إِذاً لَأَرَحتُ عَيناً قَد

أَطَالَ عَذابَها السَهَرُ

For eyes that have long suffered

In sleepless sorrowful nights

أَلا يا جاهِلاً بِالحُ

بِّ سَلني عِندِيَ الخَبَرُ

Oh you ignorant of love

Ask me for news

فَإِنَّ مَذاقَهُ مُرٌّ

وَمَشَرَبُ صَفوِهِ الكَدَرُ

Its taste is bitter

While its unmixed essence is turmoil

نَهاري كُلُّهُ عِبَرٌ

وَلَيلي كُلُّهُ سَهَرُ

My days are but tears

My nights naught but wakefulness

جُفوني ماؤُها دِرَرٌ

وَقَلبي حَشوُهُ فِكَرُ

My eyelids rain pearls

While my heart is filled with thoughts

وَكانَ بَلِيَّةً أَنّي

نَظَرتُ فَشامَني النَظَرُ

And it was my misfortune that

I glanced, so glance pierced me