1. أسعادُ ما لي في وصالك مطمع

    أبدا ولا سمعي لعذلك يسمع

    O Su‘ad, I have no hope of union with you,

    ever, nor does my ear listen to your reproach.

  2. ما راعني ريم الغميم وقد غدا

    حول الغميم له مراح ومرتع

    The gazelle of al-Ghamim did not captivate me, though it has come to have

    around al-Ghamim a resting place and pasture.

  3. كلا ولا حسنا إذا ما أسفرت

    وجها له وجه الدجى يتقشع

    No indeed, nor a beauty, when she unveils

    a face before which the face of darkness clears away.

  4. ولقد سبرت بفطنتي شرع الهوى

    زمنا بأحكام الهوى أتشرّع

    And indeed, with my discernment I probed love’s law

    for a time, observing the decrees of love.

  5. فسألت قلبي من تكون متيما

    في حبه قال البطين الأنزع

    So I asked my heart, “Who are you so deeply enamored

    of?” It said, “The full-bellied, receding-haired one.”

  6. أعني الذي بولائه أعمالنا

    قبلت ودون ولائه لا تنفع

    I mean the one through allegiance to whom our deeds

    were accepted; without allegiance to him, they are of no avail.

  7. يا من يحلّ المشكلات ويكشف الـ

    ـبلوى عن العاني الضعيف ويشفع

    O you who resolve difficulties and lift the

    affliction from the weak captive, and intercede.