يا بَدر ما هَذا الجَفا وَالدَلال

أَنعم وَجُد بِالوَصلِ يا مُنيتي

O full moon, what is this aloofness and coquetry?

I found intimacy to be good, O my wish

ما حيلَتي ما لي بتيه الغَزال

من طاقة من ذا لحاه حَسبي رضاه

I have no stratagem, I wander like a gazelle

With no strength, who has the patience for His consent?

يا رفقتي

بَدر بَدا يَسعى بِشمس المدام

O my company

The full moon began to pursue the sun of wine

وَخدّه يَحكي سَناها البَهي

وَعَنبر الخالِ بِطيب البشام

And his cheek tells the tale of its radiance

And the musk on his mole with the fragrance of perfume

لَيتَ الَّذي أَهدى سَناه لي مِن شَذاه

من قسمتي

Would that he who gifted me his radiance from his affection were my fate

From my destiny

روحي فدى ظَبيٍ كَثير النفار

وَهبتهُ روحي فَلَم يَرتَضِ

I would ransom my soul for a gazelle, skittish and wary

And I gave him my soul, but he was not content

جِسمي بِهِ بالي وَما لي اِصطِبار

عَن بغيتي لَولا جَفاه ما قُلت آه

My body wearies of him, and I have no patience

Were it not for his aloofness, I would not have sighed

يا جيرتي

عرِّض بذكري عِندَهُ يا نديم

O my neighbor

Remind him of me, O boon companion

وَقُل لَهُ اِرحم حال هَذا الشَجي

وَاِشرَح لَهُ حالي وَقُل يا عَليم

And say to him: have mercy on the state of this passionate one

And explain my condition to him and say, O All-Knowing One

في قِصَّتي أَنّي أَراه أَقصى مُناه

في نظرة

In my story, I see him as the furthest of goals

In a glance

قُم وَاِملأ لي كَأس الهَنا وَالسُرور

لَدى المفدّى ذي المَقام العَلي

Arise and fill for me a cup of bliss and joy

In the presence of the Redeemer, He of the Highest Station

مَليكنا العالي ولي الأُمور

ذي السَطوة وَاِنشر ثناه دامَت عُلاه

Our Master, the Exalted, Disposer of Affairs

Of Absolute Power, may His Sublimity endure

في رفعة

In loftiness