أَسَرى لِخالِدَةَ الخَيالُ وَلا أَرى

طَلَلاً أَحَبَّ مِنَ الخَيالِ الطارِقِ

The imagination has captivated me, and I see no ruins

More beloved than the striking figments of imagination.

إِنَّ البَلِيَّةَ مَن يُمَلُّ حَديثُهُ

فَاِنشَح فُؤادَكَ مِن حَديثِ الوامِقِ

Indeed misery awaits him whose talk is cumbersome -

So cheer your heart from the conversation of the despondent.

أَهواكِ فَوقَ هَوى النُفوسِ وَلَم يَزَل

مُذ بِنتِ قَلبِيَ كَالجَناحِ الخافِقِ

My love for you transcends the love of souls, ever since

You were a throbbing heart in my chest.

طَرَباً إِلَيكَ وَلَم تُبالي حاجَتي

لَيسَ المُكاذِبُ كَالخَليلِ الصادِقِ

Yearning for you in agitation while you don't care for my need -

The truthful friend is not like the liar.

هَل رامَ بَعدَ مَحَلِّنا رَوضُ القَطا

فَرُوَيَّتانِ إِلى غَديرِ الخانِقِ

Has the garden of Qata, after our halting place,

Aimed at two meadows near a choking pond?

ما يُقحِمونَ عَلَيَّ مِن مُتَمَرِّدٍ

إِلّا سَبَقتُ فَنِعمَ قَومُ السابِقِ

Whatever defiant one clashes with me,

I preceded - so excellent are the early starters.