وما تَلَوَّمَ جِسمي عَن لِقائِكُمُ

إِلّا وَقَلبي إِلَيكُم شَيِّقٌ عَجِلُ

My body does not blame me for longing to see you,

Yet my heart leaps eagerly towards you.

وَكَيفَ يَقعُدُ مُشتاقٌ يُحَرِّكُهُ

إِلَيكُمُ الحافِزانِ الشَوقُ وَالأَمَلُ

How can a longing lover sit still

When passion and hope spur him to you?

فَإِن نَهَضتُ فَما لي غَيرَكُم وَطَرٌ

وَإِن قَعَدتُ فَما لي غَيرَكُم شُغُلُ

If I get up, I have no other goal but you,

If I sit still, I have no other thought but you.

لَو كانَ لي بَدَلٌ ما اِختَرتُ غَيرَكُمُ

فَكَيفَ ذاكَ وَما لي غَيرَكُم بَدَلُ

Had I any substitute, I'd not have chosen another,

How could that be when I have no other but you?

وَكَم تَعَرَّضَ لي الأَقوامُ قَبلَكُمُ

يَستَأذِنونَ عَلى قَلبي فَما وَصَلوا

Many came to me before you,

Asking leave into my heart, but none ever entered.