1. ولولا أنني أُغفي لعلّي

    ألاقي الطّيفَ مُزوَرَّ الجنابِ

    And were it not that I doze, hoping I might

    meet the dream-vision, aloof in bearing,

  2. فأقضي من ذِمامكَ بعضَ حقٍّ

    تقاصر دونه أيدي الركاب

    and so fulfill some duty owed to your bond,

    beyond the reach of the riding camels’ forelegs,

  3. لما طعِمتْ جفوني الغمْض حتى

    يُجَدِّد عهدَها منك اقترابي

    my eyelids would not taste sleep until

    my drawing near renewed their acquaintance with you.