سَلامُ ذِكرُكِ مُلصَقٌ بِلِساني

وَعَلى هَواكِ تَعُودُني أَحزانِي

The mention of you clings to my tongue

And for your love my sorrows return

مَا لِي رَأَيتُكِ في المَنامِ مُطيعَةً

وَإِذا انتَبَهتُ لَجَجتِ في العِصيانِ

Why did I see you obedient in my dream

Yet when I awoke you were rebellious and defiant

أَبَداً مُحِبُّكِ مُمسِكٌ بِفؤادِهِ

يَخشى اللَجاجَةَ مِنكِ في الهِجرانِ

Your lover forever holds his heart

Fearing your stubbornness in estrangement

إِن كُنتِ عاتِبَةً فَإِنّي مُعتِبٌ

بَعدَ الإِساءةِ فَاِقبَلي إِحسانِي

If you are blaming then I am blamed

After wrongdoing, accept my favor

لا تَقتُلي رَجُلاً يَراكِ لِما بِهِ

مِثلَ الشَرابِ لِغُلَّةِ الظَمآنِ

Do not kill a man who sees in you

Like drink to the thirst of the parched one

وَلَقَد أَقولُ لِقاطِنينَ مِنَ اهلِنا

كانا عَلى خُلُقي مِنَ الإِخوانِ

And I say to the dwellers among our people

You were of my character, of the brethren

يا صَاحِبيَّ عَلى فُؤادِي جَمرَةٌ

وَبَرى الهَوى جِسمي كَما تَرَيانِ

Oh my friend, there are embers on my heart

And the passion has seared my body, as you see

أَمُرَقّيانِ إِلى سَلامَة أَنتُما

ما قَد لَقيتُ بِها وَتَحتَسِبانِ

You two, hasten to safety

Not what I have faced and you both assume

لا أَستَطيعُ الصَبرَ عَنها إِنَّها

مِن مُهجَتي نَزَلَت بِكُلِّ مَكانِ

I cannot be patient from her, she

Flowed from my entrails to every place