بِمَنْ أَباحَكَ قَتْلِي

عَلامَ حَرَّمْتَ وَصْلي

By whose permission have you allowed my murder

Why have you forbidden our union

فَكَيْفَ أَقْوَى لِهَجْرٍ

وَكَيْفَ أُصْغِي لِعَذْلِ

So how can I withstand estrangement

And how can I listen to blame

أَنَا لَكَ المُتَمنِّي

وَغَيْرِيَ المُتَمَلِّي

I am yours, longing

While others merely covet

يَا أَكْرَمَ النَّاسِ عِنْدِي

قَدْ لَذِّ لِي فِيكَ ذُلِّي

O most generous to me

I have relished being humbled by you

مَلَكْتَ يا نُورَ عَيْني

قَلْبي وَلُبِّي وكُلِّي

You have conquered, O light of my eye

My heart, my mind, my all

يا نافِراً مُتَجَنٍّ

كُنْ سَافِراً مُتَجَلّي

O you who flee, disgusted

Be a traveling vision to me

يا أَحْسَن النّاس طُرّاً

فِي حُسْنِ خُلْقٍ وَشَكْلِ

O best of people in manner

In good character and looks

في كُلّ نَوْعٍ وَجِنْسٍ

مِنَ الجَمَالِ وَفَضْلِ

In every type and kind

Of beauty and merit

أَرى مَعانيكَ تَبْدُو

حُسْناً فَتَحْجِبُ عَقلي

I see your meanings appear

As beauty that bewilders my mind

وَلَيْسَ مِثْلُكَ يَهْوى

في الحبّ هِجْرانَ مِثْلي

And none like you, whom I adore

Would abandon in love one like me

ما دُمْتَ تَهْوَى فَواصِلْ

فَذَا رَبيعٌ مُوَلِّي

As long as you love, keep visiting

For it is a renewing spring to me

حَسْبِي وَحَسْبُكَ ذَقْنٌ

تَأتي بِفُرْقَةِ شَمْلي

Sufficient for me, and for you, a misfortune

That brings separation from me

وَبَعْدَ ذاكَ إِذَا ما

رَأَيْتَ وَجْهِي فَولِّ

And after that, whenever

You see my face, turn away