1. من هجرك الامان

    ومدمعي هتان

    I seek safety from your abandonment.

    And my tears pour down.

  2. ناري لها لهيب

    ومدمعي هتان

    My fire blazes,

    And my tears pour down.

  3. اذاب لي وجودي

    جمالك المصان

    My being was melted away

    By your guarded beauty,

  4. وقدك المفدى

    وطرفك الوسنان

    And your dearly cherished figure,

    And your drowsy gaze.

  5. كتمت فيك وجدي

    وللهوى لسان

    I concealed my passion for you,

    And love has a tongue.

  6. عليّ نم دمعي

    والآه ترجمان

    My tears betrayed me,

    And the sigh is an interpreter.

  7. يا من ثوى بقلبي

    هل سرك المكان

    O you who have dwelt in my heart,

    Did the place please you?

  8. حللت محو كلي

    لو يترك الجنان

    You sanctioned my utter effacement;

    If only the heart were spared!

  9. به حللت فارحم

    هو الهوى هوان

    You have dwelt in it, so have mercy:

    Love itself is humiliation.

  10. يا ريم منك ادمى

    فؤادي السنان

    O gazelle, you have bloodied

    My heart with the spearhead.

  11. فالجيد منك فجر

    والوجه زبرقان

    For your neck is dawn,

    And your face is a full moon.

  12. وذا الثغير در

    وذا الخصير زان

    And this little mouth is pearl,

    And this little waist is a beech tree.

  13. من ريقك استعارت

    صهباءها الدنان

    From your saliva was borrowed

    The wine jars' tawny wine.

  14. والخد منه الفت

    ازهارها الجنان

    And from the cheek were fashioned

    The gardens' blossoms.

  15. ورد على شقيق

    حلاه ارجوان

    Roses upon anemones,

    Adorned by crimson.

  16. والخال فت مسكا

    لديه اقحوان

    And the beauty spot crumbled musk;

    Beside it is a chrysanthemum.

  17. له فصول نشر

    رموزه حسان

    It has chapters of fragrance,

    Its symbols are beautiful.

  18. فلطفها مذيب

    وسرها فتان

    So their delicacy melts the heart,

    And their secret is enchanting.

  19. قد طال امر هجري

    والوقت والزمان

    My state of abandonment has lasted long,

    And the hours, and time itself.

  20. فمهجتي لعمري

    ثار لها دخان

    So my heart, by my life—

    Smoke has risen from it.

  21. افرطت يا فلان

    من هجرك الامان

    You have gone too far, O so-and-so!

    I seek safety from your abandonment.