1. لا تعذِل الصبَّ المشوقا

    حَكَم الهَوى أنْ لن يُفيقا

    Do not reproach the yearning lover;

    love has decreed that he shall never regain his senses.

  2. إني مزجت مدامِعي

    بدمِ الحشا فجرت خَلوقا

    Indeed, I mixed my tears

    with my heart's blood, so they flowed as saffron perfume.

  3. ورأيت من خَدّيك في

    دمعِي على خدي عقِيقا

    And I saw, from your cheeks, in

    my tears upon my cheek, carnelian.

  4. قد أشبهتك مدامعي

    لو لم أكن فيها غريقا

    My tears would indeed resemble you,

    were I not drowning in them.

  5. وحكى أَدِيمُك رقّة

    وبضاضَةً شِعرِي الرقيقا

    And your skin mirrored, in delicacy

    and softness, my delicate verse.