فِدَاءٌ لِمَنْ أَهْوَاهُ روحِي فَهَلْ تَرَى

يقَاسِمُنِي ذَاكَ الْهَوَى وَيغَادِي

My soul be a ransom for the one I love—do you think

he shares that love with me and comes to me at dawn?

وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَيَّامِي أَتَاحَتْ لِيَ الْمُنَى

لَظَلَّ مقِيماً فِي صَمِيمِ فُؤَادِي

If only my days had granted me my heart’s desire,

he would have remained forever in the very core of my heart.

خَلِيلَيَّ وَمِلْءُ الْعَيْنِ مِنِّي حُسْنُهُ

وفِي كُلُّ آنٍ مِنْهُ خَوْفُ بُعَادِ

My two friends, his beauty is all that fills my sight,

yet at every moment I fear separation from him.

تُنَاهِبُه مِنِّي لِحَاظُ صَوَاحِبِي

وَتِلْكَ إِلى قَلْبِي سِهَامُ أَعَادِ

The glances of my women companions vie to snatch him from me,

and those are enemies’ arrows aimed at my heart.

أَغَارُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ نَضِيرِ شَبَابِهِ

وَأَبْغَيهِ كَهْلاً لَوْ يَتِمُّ مُرَادِي

I grow jealous over the radiant bloom of his youth,

and would have him middle-aged, if only my wish came true.