نامَ مَن أَهدى لِيَ الأَرَقا

مُستَريحاً سامَني قَلَقا

The name of the one who gifted me sleeplessness

Making me restful, has made me anxious

لَو يَبيتُ الناسُ كُلُّهُمُ

بِسُهادي بَيَّضَ الحَدَقا

If all people slept

With my wakefulness that blanched the eyelids

أَنا لَم أُرزَق مَوَدَّتَكُم

إِنَّما لِلعَبدِ ما رُزِقا

I was not granted your love

A servant gets only what he is destined

غَالَهُم وُدّي فَما عَقِلوا

حينَ سَدّوا دونَهُ الطُرُقا

Their love overwhelmed them, so they did not comprehend

When they blocked its paths

كانَ لي قَلبٌ أَعيشُ بِهِ

فَاِصطَلى بِالحُبِّ فَاِحتَرَقا

I had a heart with which I lived

It was set aflame with love, so it burned