يا ذا الَّذي في الحُبِّ يَلحى أَما

تَخشى عِقابَ اللَهِ فينا أَما

O you who persists in love, do you not

Fear the punishment of God in us, do you not

تَعلَمُ أَنَّ الحُبَّ داءٌ أَما

وَاللَهِ لَو حُمِّلتَ مِنهُ كَما

Know that love is an illness, do you not

By God, if you were burdened as I

حُمِّلتُ مِن حُبٍّ رَخيمٍ لَما

لُمتُ عَلى الحُبِّ فَدَعني وَما

Was burdened with feeble love, you would not

Blame me for love, so leave me be and do not

أَطلُبُ إِنّي لَستُ أَدري بِما

قُتِلتُ إِلّا أَنَّني بَينَما

Seek what I do not know, except that while

I was at the door of the palace, taking some

أَنا بِبابِ القَصرِ بي بَعضِ ما

أَطلُبُ مِن قَصرِهِمُ إِذ رَمى

Of what I seek from their palace, he shot

An arrow like a gazelle, and his

شِبهُ غَزالٍ بِسِهامٍ فَما

أَخطَأَ سَهماهُ وَلَكِنَّما

Arrows did not miss, but his

Eyes were two arrows, whenever

عَيناهُ سَهمانِ لَهُ كُلَّما

أَرادَ قَتلي بِهِما سَلَّما

He wanted to kill me with them, they gave peace