1. عَشيَّةَ لا خَلْفي مَكَرٌّ ولا الهوى

    أَمامي ولا يَهْوى هوايَ غريبُ

    That evening, no retreat lay behind me, nor love

    Before me, nor did any stranger share my love.

  2. فَوَاللهِ لا أَنْساكِ ما هَبَّتِ الصَّبا

    وما عَقَبَتْها في الرّياحِ جَنوبُ

    So, by God, I shall not forget you as long as the east wind blows,

    And as long as the south wind follows it among the winds.

  3. فَوَا كَبِداً أَمْسَتْ رُفاتاً كَأَنَّما

    يُلَذِّعُها بالمَوْقِدات طبيبُ

    So, alas for a liver now reduced to dust, as though

    A physician were searing it with heated implements.

  4. بِنا من جَوى الأَحْزانِ في الصّدر لَوْعةٌ

    تَكادُ لها نَفْسُ الشَّفيقِ تَذوبُ

    Within our breast is a burning pang from sorrow's anguish,

    From which the compassionate one's soul almost melts.

  5. ولكنَّما أَبْقى حُشاشةَ مُقْوِلٍ

    على ما بِهِ عُودٌ هناك صليبُ

    But what has preserved a speaker's last remnant of life,

    Despite his affliction, is a sturdy frame within.

  6. وما عَجَبي مَوْتُ المُحِبِّينَ في الهوى

    ولكنْ بقاءُ العاشقينَ عجيبُ

    And I do not marvel at lovers dying of love,

    But the survival of passionate lovers is astonishing.