قِف خَليلي نَسأَل لِشُرَّةَ دارا

أَو مَحَلّاً مِنها خَلاءً قَفارا

Stand my friend, let's ask for a small house

Or an empty, desolate place from it

أَلبَستَني سُقماً أَقامَ وَسارَت

وَاِستَجابَت قَلبي إِلَيها فَطارا

You made me sick, it stayed and walked away

And my heart fluttered to it, flying

لي حَبيبٌ مُكَذِّبٌ بِالأَماني

جَعَلَ الدَهرَ مَوعِداً وَاِنتِظارا

I have a lover who denies wishes

He made time an appointment and waiting

عَيَّروني بِما يَضَنُّ بِهِ عَن

ني فَيا لَيتَهُ يُحَقِّقُ عارا

They reproach me for what he is stingy with me about

If only he would make it a disgrace

قَد شَغَلتِ الهَوى بِطولِ التَجَنّي

كُلَّ يَومٍ يَؤُمُّ قَلبي اِعتِذارا

Preoccupation with love distracted me for long

Each day my heart makes excuses

ضاعَ شَوقٌ إِلَيكِ لَو تَعلَمينَ

باتَ بَينَ الأَحشاءِ يوقِدُ نارا

A longing for you was lost, if only you knew

It stays among my guts, kindling a fire

وَيُناجي بَناتِ نَعشٍ بِذِكرا

كِ إِذا اللَيلُ أَلبَسَ الأَرضَ قارا

And converses with the daughters of grief with remembrance

Of you when the night dresses the land with stillness

وَسُؤالي عَن بَلدَةٍ أَنتِ فيها

أَتَلَقّى مِن نَحوِكَ الأَخبارا

And my asking about a town you are in

I receive news from your direction

وَجِهادي عَواذِلاً فيكِ لا يَب

رَحنَ بِاللَومِ غُدوَةً وَاِبتِكارا

And my striving against the slanderers in you does not

Reproach in the morning and invention

رُبَّ صادٍ إِلى حَديثِكِ خَلّا

بٍ وَقَد طافَ حَولَ سَرّي وَدارا

How often a repeller turned away

From your talk, and roamed around my secret and house

لَو رَأى مَطلَعاً مِنَ الأَرضِ سَهلاً

دَبَّ في الناسِ يَنفُثُ الأَسرارا

If he saw a horizon on earth, easy

He would roam among people, breathing secrets

ما رَأَينا شَبهاً لِشُرَّةَ في النا

سِ فَسَقياً لِشُرَّةَ الأَمطارا

We have not seen anything resembling Shirra among people

A raincloud watering the rain of Shirra

أَيُّها الرَكبُ بَلِّغوها سَلامي

وَاِتَّقوا أَخذَ طَرفِها السَحّارا

O caravan, convey my greetings

And beware of her captivating glance