1. وَاللَهُ لا اِستَطيع صَدّك

    وَلا أُريد الحَياة بَعدك

    By God, I cannot bear your rejection,

    Nor do I want life without you.

  2. يا قاتِلي هل فَعلت ذَنبا

    يوجب هذا الصُدود عندك

    O my slayer, have I committed a sin

    That warrants this rejection from you?

  3. بِاللَه بِاللَهِ حبيبي

    وَعدت بِالوَصل وَفّ وَعدك

    By God, by God, my beloved,

    You promised union—fulfill your promise.

  4. فَلى فُؤاد يَذوب شَوقاً

    اِلَيكَ مَهما ذكرت بعدك

    For I have a heart that melts with longing

    For you, whenever I recall your absence.

  5. جَرّ عَتنى الهَجر وَهو متر

    وَطال ما قَد رشفت شَهدك

    You made me drink estrangement, bitter as it is,

    And long have I sipped your honey.

  6. وَخُنت عَهدي فَلَيت شِعري

    هَل خُنتَ في العاشِقين عَهدَك

    And you betrayed my covenant; would that I knew:

    Have you broken your pledge among the lovers?

  7. من منصفي مِنك يا مَليكا

    صيرت كل الملاح جُندك

    Who will give me justice against you, O king?

    You have made all the beautiful ones your troops.

  8. وَلَيسَ لي في المِلاح خصم

    سِواك لكِنّ ما أَلَدّك

    And among the beautiful I have no adversary

    Except you—but how implacable you are!

  9. شارَكني فيكَ كُلّ صَبّ

    لما حَويت الجَمال وَحدك

    Every lovesick lover joins me in loving you,

    Since you alone possess all beauty.

  10. وَقَد أَشاعَ العُذول أَنى

    مشبه بِالغُصون قَدّك

    And the reproacher has spread word that I

    Liken your stature to boughs.

  11. وَأَنتَ عندي أَجَلّ من أَن

    يُشبه رَد الرِياض خَدّك

    Yet to me you are too exalted for

    The garden roses to resemble your cheek.

  12. وَلَستَ يا بَدر أَرتَضي أَن

    يُصبِح بَدر السَماء عَبدك

    Nor, O full moon, would I consent that

    Heaven's full moon should become your slave.

  13. يا غُصن قَد ملت عَن مَعنى

    لقلبه في الهَوى أَعدّك

    O bough, you have turned away from a tormented lover

    Who, in love, reserved you for his heart.

  14. بقصر يا غُصن عنكَ باعى

    جَلّ الَّذي بِالجَمال مَدّك

    My reach falls short of you, O bough;

    Exalted is He who endowed you with beauty.

  15. يا حَسبك اللَه يا غَزا لا

    غَزوت بِالمُقلَتَين أَسدك

    Ah, God is enough for you, O gazelle!

    You have assailed your lion with your two eyes.

  16. تَهجُرني هازِلا وَلكِن

    هَزلك بِالهَجر فان جَدّ

    You abandon me in jest, and yet

    Your jesting with estrangement [has surpassed] earnestness.

  17. وَقاتِل اللَه فيك طرفى

    فَهو الَّذي قَد أَطاعَ وَجدك

    And may God curse my gaze on your account,

    For it is what obeyed the passion you inspire.

  18. فَلا رَعى اللَه فيكَ قَلبي

    فَكَم بِهِ قَد بَلَغت قَصدك

    So may God not protect my heart on your account,

    For how often through it have you attained your aim!

  19. وَأَنتَ يا عاذِلي تَرفق

    فَقَد تعدّيت في حَدّك

    And you, O my reproacher, be gentle,

    For you have overstepped your bounds.

  20. تَأمر بِالرُشد مُستَهاما

    بَعدّ عين الضَلال رُشدك

    You urge right guidance on a love-besotted man

    Who counts your guidance as the very essence of error.

  21. كُن كَيفَ ما شِئتَ يا حَبيبي

    لا كانَ مِن عَن هَواك رَدّك

    Be however you wish, my beloved;

    May whoever turns you from your desire cease to be!

  22. وَاِهجُر اِذا شِئتَ أَو فَواصِل

    وَته دَلالا عَلى جُهدك

    And forsake me if you wish, or else reunite with me,

    And be proudly coy with all your might.

  23. فَلَستَ وَاللَه أَختَشى من

    شَىء سِوى أَن أَذوق فَقدك

    For, by God, I have no fear of

    Anything except tasting the loss of you.