طُول اغترابٍ وبَرح شَوقِ

لا صَبرَ والله لي عَلَيه

Long estrangement and yearning heart

No patience, by God, have I for it

اليكَ اشكو الّذي أُلاقِي

يا خَيرَ من يُشتكى إليه

To you I complain of what I face

O best one to whom I complain

ولي بِغرناطةٍ حَبيب

قد غَلّقَ الرَّهنَ في يَدَيهش

In Granada I’ve a beloved

Who holds the pledge fast in his hand

ودَّعته وهو بارتمَاض

يَظهر لي بعضَ ما لديه

I bade him farewell, and he was shedding

Tears that revealed what was in his heart

فلو تَرى طَلَّ نَرجسيهُ

يَنهَلُّ في وردِ صَفحَتَيه

If you could see my narcissus bending

To drink amidst his rose’s bowers

أَبصرتَ دراً على عَقيقٍ

من دَمعِه فوقَ وَجنَتَيهِ

You’d see pearls atop ruby

From his tears above his cheeks