1. فَإِن يَحجُبوها وَيَحُل دونَ وَصلِها

    مَقالَةُ واشٍ أَو وَعيدُ أَميرِ

    Even if they seclude her, and union with her is barred by

    A slanderer's words or a ruler's threat,

  2. فَلَم يَمنَعوا عَينَيَّ مِن دائِمِ البُكا

    وَلَن يُذهِبوا ما قَد أَجَنَّ ضَميري

    They have not kept my eyes from ceaseless weeping,

    Nor will they banish what my heart has hidden.

  3. إِلى اللَهِ أَشكوا ما أُلاقي مِنَ الهَوى

    وَمِن حُرَقٍ تَعتادُني وَزَفيرِ

    To God I complain of what I suffer from love,

    And of burning pangs that revisit me, and deep sighs,

  4. وَمِن حَرَقٍ لِلحُبِّ في باطِنِ الحَشا

    وَلَيلٍ تَويلِ الحُزنِ غَيرِ قَصيرِ

    And of love's burning in my inmost breast,

    And a night long in sorrow, not brief.

  5. سَأَبكي عَلى نَفسي بِعَينٍ غَزيرَةٍ

    بُكاءَ حَزينٍ في الوِثاقِ أَسيرِ

    I shall weep for myself with an eye overflowing with tears,

    As a grieving captive weeps in bonds.

  6. وَكُنّا جَميعاً قَبلَ أَن يَظهَرَ الهَوى

    بِأَنعَمِ حالِ غَبطَةٍ وَسُرورِ

    And we were together, before love became known,

    In the happiest state of contentment and joy.

  7. فَما بَرِحَ الواشونَ حَتّى بَدَت لَهُم

    بُطونُ الهَوى مَقلوبَةً لِظُهورِ

    Yet the slanderers never ceased until they saw

    Love's inward parts turned outward.

  8. لَقَد كُنتِ هَسبَ النَفسِ لَودامَ وَصلُنا

    وَلَكِنَّما الدُنيا مَتاعُ غُرورِ

    You would indeed have been enough for my soul, had our union lasted;

    But this world is only a deceptive pleasure.