1. قلبٌ يعذّبه هواه

    ما ذنبه إن قال آه

    A heart tormented by its love—

    what wrong has it done if it cries 'Ah'?

  2. سخِرَ الزمانُ به فعا

    شَ على البقيّة من مُناه

    Time mocked it, so it lived

    on what remained of its hopes.

  3. وقضى الغرامُ عليه أن

    يبكى ولا يجدى بكاه

    And love condemned it to

    weep, though its weeping avails nothing.

  4. وهواهُ أنت فكُن له

    عوناً على ظلمِ الحياه

    And you are its love, so be for it

    a help against life's injustice.

  5. يا فاتني بهواك حس

    بُك ما أُكابِدُ من زَماني

    O you who enchant me with your love, let

    what I suffer from my times suffice you.

  6. احكم عليّ بما تشا

    ءُ فأَنت لي كلُّ الأماني

    Judge me as you wish,

    for you are all my hopes.

  7. إن كان يُرضيكَ الهوا

    نُ فإنني أرضى هواني

    If humiliation pleases you,

    then I am content with my humiliation.

  8. أو كان يسعُدك الفرا

    قُ فلا تجد لي بالتداني

    Or if parting makes you happy,

    then do not grant me closeness.

  9. الكونُ بعدكَ ذاهِلٌ

    وكأنَّه فكرى وحسّي

    The universe, without you, is dazed,

    as though it were my mind and senses.

  10. وحياةُ نفسي محنةٌ

    تفنى بها أحلامُ نفسي

    And my soul's life is an ordeal

    in which my soul's dreams perish.

  11. يا جنّة الآمال كي

    ف رضيتِ لي همّي ويأسي

    O paradise of hopes, how

    could you consent to my sorrow and despair?

  12. أمسي مضى وأخاف أن

    يشقى غدى كشقاءِ أمسي

    My yesterday has passed, and I fear that

    my tomorrow will be as wretched as my yesterday.