1. أعيني لازمْ السهرْ

    طُولَ الليالي

    O my eye, keep vigil

    Throughout the nights.

  2. عِشقي في محبوبي اشتهرْ

    رِقّوُا لحالي

    My love for my beloved has become known;

    Take pity on my plight.

  3. مَنْ نعشقو مالي سِواهْ

    ولا نَمَّلوا

    The one I love—I have none but him,

    And I never tire of him.

  4. ولم نزلْ نتبع رضاه

    الدهرْ كلُّو

    And I have never ceased to seek his pleasure

    For all time.

  5. وَمَنْ يَلُمْنِي في هواه

    نبدأ نقولو

    And whoever reproaches me for loving him,

    I begin to tell him:

  6. يالائمي ما تعتبرْ

    لضعف حَالِي

    O you who reproach me, do you take no heed

    Of the weakness of my state?

  7. عشقي في محبوبي اشتهرْ

    رقّوُا لحالي

    My love for my beloved has become known;

    Take pity on my plight.

  8. أمَنْ يَلمُني لاملام

    حِبِّي مُواصلْ

    O you who reproach me, there is no blame:

    My beloved keeps communion with me.

  9. اسقني يا ساقي المدامْ

    وأملي الأشاقلْ

    Give me drink, O cupbearer of wine,

    And fill the drinking vessels

  10. خمرا يهيجُ الغرامْ

    لمنْ هُوَ عاقلْ

    With wine that stirs passionate love

    In whoever has reason.

  11. درْها عليّا في السحر

    والجوُ خالي

    Pass it round to me before dawn,

    While all around lies empty.

  12. عشقي في محبوبي اشتهرْ

    رِقُّوا لحالي

    My love for my beloved has become known;

    Take pity on my plight.

  13. سَكرْ جميعْ أهلْ الهوى

    يا ساقي الراح

    All the people of love have grown drunk,

    O cupbearer of wine.

  14. هذا تعلم هذا الدوي

    هذا في الأفراح

    You know this—this clamour;

    This is amid celebrations.

  15. لِكل امرءٍ مانوى

    والسرُ قد باحْ

    Each person has what he intended,

    And the secret has come to light.

  16. وأنا غرامي اشتهر

    مع انتحالي

    And as for me, my passion has become known,

    Along with my avowal.

  17. عشقي في محبوبي اشتهر

    رقُّوا لحالي

    My love for my beloved has become known;

    Take pity on my plight.