1. بَدر تَبارك باري الخَلق مُبدعهُ

    عَنّي نَأى وَسويدا القَلب مطلعُهُ

    The full moon blessed the Creator of existence, its Originator

    It distanced itself from me, while my heart is its place of emergence

  2. ما أَنسَ لا أَنسَ قَولي إِذ أودّعهُ

    يا راحِلاً وَجَميل الصَبر يتبعهُ

    Neither forgets nor forgets my words when bidding it farewell

    O you who travel on, with beautiful patience following it

  3. هَل مِن سَبيل إِلى لُقياك يَتّفِقُ

    ما حيلَتي وَدُموع العَين هاميةٌ

    Is there any way to meet you that may coincide?

    I have no stratagem, while the tears of my eyes are ardently falling

  4. وَأبحر الوَجد وَالأَشجان طاميَة

    يا غائِباً عَن عُيوني وَهي باكيةٌ

    And the sea of passion and sorrows is swelling

    O you who are absent from my eyes while they are weeping

  5. ما أَنصفتك دُموعي وَهيَ دامية

    وَلا وَفى لَكَ قَلبي وَهوَ يَحتَرِقُ

    My tears have not been fair to you while they are ceaselessly flowing

    Nor has my heart been true to you while it is burning