1. حتامَ يا غصن الأراك

    بالدلّ تمنعُ أن أراك

    How long, O branch of the arak tree,

    will you coyly keep me from seeing you?

  2. أغرك شيطانُ الحسو

    د فرمتَ هجري يا ملاك

    Has the envious one's devil deceived you,

    so you sought to forsake me, O angel?

  3. أوحى اليكَ زخارفاً

    تمني المعنَّى بالهلاك

    He whispered gilded falsehoods to you

    that doom the tormented lover to destruction.

  4. حسنَت لديكَ فكان في

    ترويجها اقصى مناك

    They seemed fair to you, and in

    promoting them lay your fondest wish.

  5. أكذا وفاكَ للاثمٍ

    ايديك من وجدٍ وفاك

    Is this your faithfulness to one who kisses

    your hands and mouth out of passionate longing?

  6. فكفاك يا فتَّاك تحمل

    بالصدودِ على فتاك

    So enough, O slayer, of assailing

    your young lover with rejection.

  7. نهنِه عزيمتكَ التي

    ابديتَ واقصر من خُطاك

    Restrain the resolve that

    you displayed, and shorten your steps.

  8. غادرتني اشقى وقد

    نال السعادة من رآك

    You left me suffering, though

    whoever saw you attained happiness.

  9. ونكثت عهد فتىً يقو

    لُ انا الفقيرُ الى غناك

    And you broke faith with a youth who says,

    "I am the poor one in need of your wealth."

  10. أفبعد سكناك الفؤا

    دَ أتيت تسلبهُ الحراك

    Then, after dwelling in my heart,

    have you come to rob it of motion?

  11. وأنا الذي أسلو بك ال

    دنيا ولا اسلو هواك

    And I am the one who, through you, forgets the

    world, but not my love for you.

  12. واموت وخزاً بالحرا

    بِ ولا اميلُ الى سماك

    And I die from spear-stabs,

    yet do not turn toward your sky.

  13. وتمسُّني الحَمى وامسي

    راكضاً ابغي حِماك

    And fever touches me, and I spend the evening

    running, seeking your sanctuary.

  14. واهيمُ في الحَلَك البهيم

    الستمدَّ سنى حِلاك

    And I wander in pitch-black darkness

    to draw light from your adornments.

  15. وانا الاسيرُ اسيرُ نحو

    الموت لا ارجو الفكاك

    And I, the captive, journey toward

    death, hoping for no release.

  16. أفكلُّ هذا حيث قلتُ

    لك الحشى روحي فداك

    Is all this, then, because I said,

    "My heart is yours; my soul is your ransom"?

  17. ان كان ذا ذنبي فزد

    سخطاً ولا تدع العراك

    If this is my sin, then increase

    your wrath, and do not abandon the fight.

  18. صُل جُل أعِن دهري عليَّ

    ولا تمِل عني جفاك

    Attack, roam; aid my fate against me,

    and do not turn your coldness away from me.

  19. وابعث عليَّ كتائباً

    تغتال بالطعن الدرك

    And send battalions against me

    that slay with successive spear-thrusts;

  20. فأبي وعمّي والعشير

    ةُ كلسَّها تفدي ثراك

    for my father, my uncle, and the clan

    would all sacrifice themselves for your soil,

  21. كيداً بغضبتكَ التي

    طالت ولم تنتج رضاك

    in defiance of your wrath, which

    has lasted long, yet left you unsatisfied.