أَلا لَيتَ حَظّي مِنكِ أَنِّيَ كُلَّما

ذَكَرتُكِ لَقّاكِ المَليكُ لَنا ذِكرا

Oh, if only my fate with you were when

I remember you, we meet readily with pleasant company

فَعالَجتِ مِن وَجدٍ بِنا مِثلَ وَجدِنا

بِكُم قَسمَ عَدلٍ لا مُشِطّا وَلا هَجرا

So you could heal the passion in me like the passion in us

With an equitable share not biased or estranged

لَعَلَّكِ تَبلينَ الَّذي لَكِ عِندِنا

فَتَدرينَ يَوماً إِن أَحَطتِ بِهِ خُبرا

Perhaps you would experience what we have for you

And one day know it fully when news reaches you

لِكَي تَعلَمي عِلماً يَقيناً فَتَنظُري

أَيُسراً أُلاقي في طِلابِكِ أَم عُسرا

So you may know with certain knowledge and see

Whether I face ease or hardship in your suitors

فَقالَت وَصَدَّت أَنتَ صَبٌّ مُتَيَّمٌ

وَفيكَ لِكُلِّ الناسِ مُطَّلِبٌ عُذرا

She replied and turned away “You are a passionate lover

And for all people you have an excuse”

مَلولٌ لِمَن يَهواكَ مُستَطرِفُ الهَوى

أَخو شَهَواتٍ تَبذُلُ المَذقَ وَالنَزرا

Suffering for whoever loves you, infatuated with passion

A brother of lustful desires that give freely the rare and plenty

فَقُلتُ لَها قَولَ اِمرِئٍ مُتَجَلِّدٍ

وَقَد بَلَّ ماءُ الشَأنِ مِن مُقلَتي نَحرا

So I said to her the words of a resilient man

Whose tears from his eyelids flowed to his neck

سَلَبتِ هَداكِ اللَهُ قَلبي فَأَنعِمي

عَلَيهِ وَرُدّي إِذ ذَهَبتِ بِهِ قَمرا

You have robbed, may God rob you, of my heart so treat it well

And return it since you have taken my moon

وَقَطَّعتِ قَلبي بِالمَواعِدِ وَالمُنى

وَغُصتِ عَلى قَلبي فَأَوثَقتِهِ أَسرا

You severed my heart with trysts and wishes

And quenched my heart and bound it captive

فَما لَيلَةٌ تَمضي عَلى الناسِ تَنجَلي

وَلَم أُذرِ فيها عَبرَةً تُخضِلُ النَحرا

No night passes people unveiled

Without me shedding copious tears wetting my chest

عَلَيكِ وَلَم أَشرَق بَريقٍ وَلَم أَجِد

مِنَ الحُبِّ سَوراتٍ عَلى كَبِدي فَطرا

For you without any happiness rising or finding

From love any joy lighting my inner heart

وَلَكِنَّ قَلبي سيقَ لِلحَينِ نَحوَكُم

فَجِئتُ فَلا يُسراً لَقيتُ وَلا صَبرا

But my heart was led at the time towards you

So I came and found no ease or patience