ألا مبلغ وجدي بها وغرامي

ومهدٍ إلى دار السلام سلامي

My love for him is conveyed, and my passion,

And peace unto the home of peace is my greeting.

نسيم الصبا بلغ تحية مشئم

إلى معرق لم يرع عهد ذمامي

The morning breeze carries my fond wishes

To one whose pact my reproach cannot undo.

وصف بعض أشواقي إليه لعله

يرق لذلي في الهوى وهيامي

Describe for him some of my yearning - perhaps

He will be gentle with me in love and infatuation.

أيا رحبة الزوراء لي فيك شادن

نفى بعده من مقلتي منامي

O spacious land of al-Zor, he is for me therein

A refuge, without whom sleep departs my eyes.

بديع جمالٍ بان صبري لبينه

وعرضني إعراضه لحمامي

Of wondrous beauty, my patience for seeing him is revealed,

And his indifference towards me enhances my longing.

يصد إذا ما صد عن عيني الكرى

ويمزج دمعي هجره بمدامي

He spurns me if sadness departs from my eye,

And mingles my tears with the wine I drink.

حياتي وموتي في يديه وجنتي

وناري وريي في الهوى وأوامي

My life and death are in his hands, as are my Heaven and Hell,

And in passion he is my wish and my doom.

ففي بعده عني وفاتي وقربه

حياتي وإسعادي ونيل مرامي

In his distance is my demise and his nearness

My life and joy and the attainment of my hopes.

ومن وجنتيه نار وجدي وخصره

نحولي ومن سقم الجفون سقامي

From his sweet wine bitterness, from his waist ailment

From the sickness of my eyelids, sickness.

فكن عاذلي فدلاله

دليل على وجدي به وغرامي

So treat me with kindness, for in his affection

Lies solace for the love and passion within me.