1. حَشَوْا بفراقهم ناراً حَشَاهُ

    فأخلَوْا مُقْلَتَيْهِ من كَراهُ

    Through their parting, they filled his breast with fire,

    And emptied his eyes of sleep.

  2. لعلّ البينَ أن يُبْلَى ببينٍ

    فما للعاشقين ضنىً سواه

    May parting itself be afflicted with parting,

    For lovers have no wasting sickness other than it.

  3. حبيبٌ وصلُه للبين وقْفٌ

    ولى فيضُ الدّموع على نَواه

    A beloved whose union is held in trust for parting,

    And mine is a flood of tears over his departure.

  4. براه الله من نُورٍ وماءٍ

    فلولا ثوبُه انحلّت قُواهُ

    God fashioned him from light and water;

    But for his robe, his frame would come undone.

  5. تَعيب الوَرْدَ حمرةُ وجنتيْه

    وتلعَب بالقرائح مُقلتاه

    The blush of his cheeks puts roses to shame,

    And his eyes toy with poets' imaginations.

  6. تَبَسَّم عن حَصَى بَرَدٍ ولكن

    جنيتُ الجمر صرفاً من جَناه

    He smiled, revealing pebbles of hail, and yet

    I gathered pure embers from his fruit.

  7. يغيِّرني ويُبليني التّنائي

    وليس يَحول عن قلبي هواه

    Distance changes me and wears me down,

    Yet my love for him does not leave my heart.

  8. ومن طول المَواعد ليس سُؤْلي

    وحظّي منه إلاّ أن أراه

    And with promises drawn out so long, I seek nothing,

    And gain nothing from him but the sight of him.