1. يا من يُعدّبُني بفرطِ إدلالهِ

    هوّن عليك

    O you who torment me with your extravagant coyness,

    gently, now.

  2. وارحم أسى الباكي على آماله

    صرعى لديك

    And pity the grief of the one who weeps over his ruins.

    Fallen at your feet,

  3. قلى وحالُ البائسين كحاله

    يهفو إليك

    my heart—the wretched share its plight—

    yearns for you

  4. ويكاد يقرأ غيبه بخياله

    في مقلتيك

    and, through imagination, almost reads its hidden fate

    in your two eyes.

  5. مضتِ السنون وما انتشى بوصاله

    إلّا لديك

    The years have passed; it has known no ecstasy of union

    except with you.

  6. ولسوفَ يلقى الموت من إذلاله

    وتعيش ويك

    And surely it will die from the humiliation you inflict,

    while you live on—woe to you!

  7. يا مَن يعذّبني بفرط دلاله

    لهفى عليك

    O you who torment me with your excessive coyness—

    oh, my longing for you!