ظَلَلْتُ وَالشَّوْقُ مُحْرِقٌ كَبِدِي

حَتَّى قَضَى السَّعْدُ فِي الهَوَى وَطَرِي

I languished while yearning burned my liver,

Until destiny brought joy in love and freedom.

فَكَانَ يَوْمٌ لا شَمْسَ فِيهِ سِوَى

شَمْسِ وَلا نَيِّرٌ سِوَى قَمَرِي

Then came a day with no sun but my own,

No light but my moon's soft beams.

أَنْجَزَ وَعْداً فِيهِ الصَّفَاءُ فَلَمْ

يَشِبْهُ غَيْرُ الوَعِيدِ مِنْ عُمَرِ

A promise kept, in purest faith -

No threat could match that day in my life's span.

حُسْنِي إِلَى جَانِبِي وَسَطْوَتُهُ

حُصْنِي فَمَا خَشْيَتِي وَمَا حَذَرِي

My beauty close, his passion conquered me;

My fortress breached - no fear, no caution left.