صاحب الحاجه ولو طالت لحوح

وصاحب الحلم القديم يغازله

The one with a need, though it persists, wanders

And the one with an old dream, it seduces him

واعذاب القلب من كثر الجروح

كم سيف بالعذاب ينازله

And the heart's torments from too many wounds

How many swords of torment assail him

أخفي الطّعنات وعيوني تبوح

كن الاوجاع بهدبها نازله

I conceal the stabbings though my eyes confess

As if sorrows gently descend upon him

غايتي بليل ظلامه مايروح

بيني الايّام وبينه عازله

My goal in the night of darkness does not pass

Between me, days, and him, a separator

كل ما مشيت له عنّي يروح

وعيّت الخطوه تجي منازله

Whenever I walk away, he goes

And I find my steps leading me to his abode

والهوى بالقلب وهّاج يضوح

لو يسوقه للمنايا جازله

And longing in my heart confusedly rages

If it takes him to demise, it makes him settle

كل ياس يطرده فيني طموح

وكل عزمٍ خافقي ينحازله

Every despair it dispels in me, aspiration

And every resolve my fluttering heart contends