1. لو شئتَ يومَ البينِ أسعفتني

    منك بما ليس له ثِقْلُ

    Had you wished, on the day of parting you would have obliged me

    with something from you that was no burden:

  2. بوقفةٍ أشكو إليك الهوى

    فيها ودمعُ العينِ مُنْهَلُّ

    with a pause to lament my love to you,

    while tears poured from my eyes.

  3. فإن عليها عاذلٌ لامَنا

    فطالما يُحْتَمَلُ العَذْلُ

    And should a censurer reproach us for it,

    reproach has so often been endured.

  4. ما لكَ مِثْلٌ يا غريرَ الصِّبا

    وليس لِي في حبّكمْ مِثْلُ

    You have no equal, O guileless youth,

    nor have I an equal in loving you.

  5. وصلُك محيي لقتيل الهوى

    وفرقةٌ منك هي القتلُ

    Union with you revives one slain by love,

    and separation from you is death itself.

  6. ما شئتُ سُلواناً ولو شئتُهُ

    لم يكُ عندي كَبِدٌ تسلو

    I have never wished for forgetfulness; and even if I had,

    no liver within me could forget.