أهلٌ لَكَ في إِغاثَةِ مُستَهامِ

يُقادُ إِلى الغَرامِ بِلا زِمامِ

You deserve aid in the distress of one lost,

Led to passion with no restraint,

تَعَرَّضَ بِالخِيامِ عَلى زَرودٍ

فَراحَ وَقَلبُهُ بَينَ الخِيامِ

Who lingered by the tents on soft carpets,

Then left with his heart amid the tents.

عَريبُ الحَيِّ كَيفَ تُبيحُ قَتلي

أَلَيسَ العَربُ تُعرَفُ بِالذِمامِ

O noble Arab, why allow my murder?

Are not the Arabs known for mercy?

سَأَلتُكَ يا نَسيمَ الريحِ بَلِّغ

إِلى سُعدى بِكاظِمَةٍ سَلامي

I asked you, breeze of the wind, convey

To my beloved a greeting of peace.

تَمَلَّكَ مُهجَتي رَشَأَ غَريرٌ

رَحيمُ الدَلِّ مَمشوقُ القَوامِ

He has taken my heart, a tender fawn,

Gentle of bosom, slender of frame.

أَراقَ دَمي وَكانَ دَمي حَراماً

فَوا عَجَباهُ مِن حِلِّ الحَرامِ

He shed my blood, and my blood was sacrosanct,

Alas, how fine to shed the sacrosanct!

لِطَيفِكُم المُحَجَّبُ في فُؤادي

مَرامٍ بِاللَواحِظِ وَالسِهامِ

The phantom of you harbored in my heart

Is armed with glances and arrows.

فَيَومٌ مَن جَفاكَ كاأِفِ شَهرٍ

وَشَهرٌ لَو عَلِمتَ كَألفِ عامِ

A day with you estranged is like a month,

A month, did you but know, like a thousand years.

سَلامُ اللَهِ ما لَمَعَت بُروقٌ

عَلى مَن لَيسَ يَسمَحُ بِالسَلامِ

God's peace be upon one no peace can touch,

When lightning flashes on the undeserving!