مَنَعَ النَومَ طارِقٌ مِن حُبابَه

وَهُمومٌ تَجولُ تَحتَ الرَهابَه

Sleeplessness kept Tariq from his beloved,

And worries wandered under the dust clouds.

جَلَسَت في الحَشا إِلى ثُغرَةِ

النِحرِ بِشَوقٍ كَأَنَّهُ نُشّابَه

She sat in the enclosure next to the slit

Of the throat, yearning as if she were a leopard.

وَلَقَد قُلتُ إِذ تَلَوّى بِيَ الحُب

بُ وَفَوقي مِنَ الهَوى كَالضَبابَه

And I said, as love twisted around me

With passion foggy above me,

إِنَّ قَلبي يَشُكُّ فيما تُمَنيّ

ني وَنَفسي حَزينَةٌ مُرتابَه

"My heart doubts what you wish for me

And my soul is sad and doubtful."

فَاِذَني لي أَزُركِ أَو سَكِّنيني

بِاِنتِيابٍ لا شَيءَ بَعدَ اِنتِيابَه

So allow me to visit you or comfort me

With weeping - nothing after weeping.

لا تَكوني كَمَن يَقولُ وَلا يو

في كَذاكَ المَلّاقَةُ الخَلّابَه

Do not be like one who speaks but does not

Fulfill - that is cunning hypocrisy.

كَيفَ صَبري عوفيتِ مِمّا أُلاقي

بَينَ نارِ الهَوى وَغَمِّ الصَبابَه

How can I endure what I suffer

Between the fire of passion and the coals of separation?

لَيتَ شِعري تَبكينَ إِن مُتُّ مِن حُب

بِكِ أَو تَضحَكينَ يا خَشّابَه

I wish I knew if you would cry if I died

Of love for you, or laugh, O fawn.

إِنَّني وَالمَقامِ وَالحَجَرِ الأَس

وَدِ وَالبَيتِ مُشرِفاً كَالسَحابَه

I swear by the abode, and the honored black stone,

And the house overlooking like clouds,

أَشتَهي أَن أُدَسَّ قَبلَكِ في التُر

بِ لِكَي تُصبِحي بِنا كَالمُصابَه

I desire to push into the soil before you

So that you and I become covered in dust.

وَعَسى ذاكَ أَن يَحينَ فَتَبكي

لا تَقولي بُعداً لِمَن في الغِيابَه

Perhaps that time will come and you will weep -

Do not say afterwards "he is gone."