1. كَم إلى كَمْ أُكَاتِمُ الن

    ناسَ وجْدي ويظهَرُ

    How long, how long shall I conceal from the

    people my longing, though it shows?

  2. كَشَفَ الهجرُ من غَرا

    مِيَ ما كنتُ أسْتُرُ

    Separation has laid bare, of my pas-

    sion, what I used to conceal.

  3. وأقَرَّتْ مَدامِعي

    بالّذي كنتُ أُنكرُ

    And my tears have confessed

    to what I used to deny.

  4. ما احتيالُ المتَيَّمِ الص

    صَبِّ أم كيفَ يَصبرُ

    What recourse has the love-enslaved, the

    ardent lover—or how can he endure?

  5. رَاقَبَتْها العيونُ يا

    ليتَها ليسَ تَنظُرُ

    The eyes have watched her—oh,

    would that they did not look!

  6. فَهو من خشيَة المُرا

    قِب يَهوَى ويَهجرُ

    So he, for fear of the watch-

    er, loves and shuns.