أهوى رشأً مريضَ الجَفنِ كحيل

أهوى رشأً مريضَ الجَفنِ كحيل

خلَّى جسَدي بفرطِ بلوايَ نَحيل

خلَّى جسَدي بفرطِ بلوايَ نَحيل

I love a young gazelle with languid eyelids and kohl-dark eyes.

I love a glance from eyes sick with yearning,

He has left my body gaunt through the intensity of my affliction.

My body is worn from the excess of my afflictions,

ما قلتُ لهُ صِلني فقد حانَ رحيل

ما قلتُ لهُ صِلني فقد حانَ رحيل

إلاَّ وتلا عليَّ في الوقتِ وَحِيل

إلاَّ وتلا عليَّ في الوقتِ وَحِيل

Whenever I said to him, 'Join me, for departure is at hand,'

I did not say to him "Unite me," for departure was at hand,

he at once recited to me: 'And a barrier was interposed.'

And he recited upon me at the time subtle arguments.