قُل لِسُعدى تَحَرَّجي

وَجِّهيني لِمَخرَجي

Tell Suad to slip away shyly

And direct me to my escape

لا تَكوني عَلَيَّ كَال

نَفسِ إِن تُنهَ تَلجُجِ

Do not be harsh towards me

If you intend to end this

مِنكِ طيفٌ يَزورُني

وَيَرى كُلَّ مَنهَجِ

An apparition of you visits me

And sees every path I take

فَإِلى اللَهِ مُشتَكا

يَ مِنَ الهائِمِ الشِجي

So I complain bitterly to God

Oh, from this miserable madness

غَرَّني مِنكِ وافِدٌ

بِالحَديثِ المُلَهوَجِ

A visitor deceived me with you

With intricate, twisted tales

فَعِديني ثُمَّ اِنجِزي

أَنا خاشٍ وَمُرتَجي

So return me then fulfill

I am apprehensive and hopeful

وَكَأَنّي سُلِبتُ نَو

مي بِسِحرِ المُهَيِّجِ

It's as if my soul was stolen by

The sorcery of the agitator

وَمَتى تَذكُري الصُدو

دَ أُعَوِّل وَأَنشِجِ

And when will you remember the companionship

I rely on and inspire me to compose

أَنتِ هَمّي في مَجلِسي

وَمَقيلي وَمَدرَجي

You are my thoughts in my sitting place

My resting place and my path

فَاِذكُري لَيلَةَ الخَمي

سِ لِساني المُلَجلِجِ

So recall the night of Thursday

My stammering tongue

وَوُقوفي خَلفَ الرِيا

حِ بِلَيلٍ مُدَجَّجِ

And my standing behind the wind

On a heavily cloaked night

وَمَسيري إِلَيكِ مِن

بَحرِ لَيلٍ مُلَجَّجِ

And my coming to you from

A tumultuous, billowing sea of night

أَرقُبُ البَدرَ كَي أَرى

وَجهَ بَدرٍ مُتَوَّجِ

I await the full moon so I can see

The face of a crowned full moon

فَاِلتَقَينا عَلى العِتا

بِ نُنادي وَنَنتَجي

So we met at the trysting place

Calling out and conferring together

وَاِبنُ سَلمانَ ساقِطٌ

كَالحِمارِ المُوَدَّجِ

And the son of Salman has fallen

Like a laden donkey

لا يَراني وَقَد أَرى

وَجهَهُ غَيرَ أَبلَجِ

He cannot see me though I see

His face openly, not obscured