أَسيرُ وَقَلبي في هَواكَ أَسيرُ

وَحادي رِكابي لَوعَةٌ وَزَفيرُ

I'm a captive, and my heart is captive to your love

My mount pants and sighs as I ride

وَلي أَدمُعٌ غُزرٌ تَفيضُ كَأَنَّها

نَدىً فاضَ في العافينَ مِنكَ غَزيرُ

I have copious tears that flow as though they were

An outpouring of dew in the soft sand where I think of you

وَطَرفٌ طَريفٌ بِالسّهادِ كَأَنَّهُ

لهاكَ جَليسُ الجُودِ فيهِ يغيرُ

A lovely eyelid languid with sleeplessness as though

It were the companion of generosity, stirred to change in longing for you