1. سمراءُ يا حُلْمَ الطفولَهْ

    يا مُنيةَ النفس العليله

    Dusky one, O dream of childhood,

    O desire of the ailing soul,

  2. كيفَ الوصولُ إلى حماكِ

    وليس لي في الأمر حيلَهْ

    How can I reach your sanctuary,

    When I have no means to do so?

  3. إن كان في ذُلّي رِضاكِ

    فهذه روحي ذليلَهْ

    If your pleasure lies in my abasement,

    Then here is my soul, abased.

  4. ووسيلتي قلبٌ به

    مثواكِ إن عزَّتْ وسيلَهْ

    And my means is a heart in which

    You dwell, should a way prove elusive.

  5. فلترحمي خفقانَهُ

    لَكِ واسمعي فيهِ عُويلَهْ

    So have mercy on its beating

    For you, and hear its wailing within.

  6. قلبٌ رعاكِ وما ارتضى

    في حبِّهِ أبداً بديلَهْ

    A heart that cherished you and would not accept

    Any substitute in its love, ever.

  7. أسعدْتِهِ زمناً وروّى

    وصلُكِ الشافي غَليلَهْ

    You made it happy for a time, and quenched

    Its burning thirst through healing union with you.

  8. ما بالُ قلبِكِ ضلَّ عنهُ

    فما اهتدى يوماً سبيلَهْ

    Why has your heart strayed from it,

    And never once found its way?

  9. وسبيلُكِ الذكرى إذا

    ما داعبتْكِ رؤىً جميلَهْ

    And your path is remembrance, when

    Beautiful visions caress you,

  10. في ليلةٍ نَسَجَ الغرامُ

    خيوطَها بيدٍ نحيلَهْ

    On a night when love wove

    The night's threads with a slender hand,

  11. وأطالَ فيها سُهدَ كُلِّ

    مُتَيَّمٍ يشكو خليلَهْ

    And prolonged that night the sleeplessness of every

    Love-stricken lover who complains of his beloved.

  12. سمراءُ يا أملَ الفؤادِ

    وحُلْمَهُ منذ الطفولَهْ

    Dusky one, O hope of the heart,

    And its dream since childhood.