1. يا ناس جرى لي عجايبْ

    أشكي لكُمْ تَعْذرُوني

    O people, wonders have befallen me.

    I complain to you, so you may excuse me.

  2. رحلونْ عني الحبايبْ

    والله قد أوحشوني

    The loved ones have departed from me.

    By God, they have left me desolate.

  3. خَلَّوا في قلبي لهايبْ

    والدمعْ قرَّح جُفوني

    They left flames within my heart.

    And tears have left my eyelids raw.

  4. خلوني هايمْ وفاني

    قاسيتَ ما لم أطيقْ

    They left me love-struck and perishing.

    You endured what I could not bear.

  5. حتى جميعْ مَنْ يَرانِي

    يقولْ مسكين عشِيقْ

    Until everyone who sees me

    says, "A poor lover!"

  6. كان السببْ أصل سكْري

    عند اجتماع الخواطرْ

    The cause was the root of my intoxication,

    when thoughts came together.

  7. واثنيتُ بالحمد شُكري

    الحبْ خافي وظاهرْ

    And I expressed my gratitude through praise.

    Love is hidden and manifest.

  8. ومولا لا تَفضح أمري

    يا عالما بالسرايرْ

    And, O Lord, do not expose my secret,

    O knower of hidden secrets.

  9. وأحياني بعد فنائي

    وأسقاني خمرَ عتيقْ

    And he revived me after my annihilation,

    and gave me aged wine to drink.

  10. حتى جميعْ من يراني

    يقولْ مسكينْ عشِيقْ

    Until everyone who sees me

    says, "A poor lover!"

  11. ادري يا من ليسَ يدري

    الحبُ كتْمُهْ عظيمْ

    Know, O you who do not know:

    Love—its concealment is a mighty thing.

  12. أنا حبيبي في صَدْري

    في وسطْ قلبي مقيمْ

    As for me, my beloved is within my breast,

    dwelling in the midst of my heart.

  13. مولايَ لا تفضحْ أمري

    محيي العظامْ الرميمْ

    My Lord, do not expose my secret,

    O reviver of decayed bones.

  14. وأحيأني بعدَ فنائي

    وأسْقاني خمرَ عتيقْ

    And he revived me after my annihilation,

    and gave me aged wine to drink.

  15. حتى جميعْ مَنْ يراني

    يقولْ مسكينْ عشِيقْ

    Until everyone who sees me

    says, "A poor lover!"