يا ظبي عيديد الأمان الأمان

من بعدكم فالقلب صادي ضمان

O gazelle of Aydid—protection, protection!

Since your departure, the heart is parched and thirsty.

شكوت صبري فارحموا سادتي

ولو شكوت الحبّ للصخر لان

I have complained of my patience; have mercy, my lords.

And were I to complain of love to stone, it would soften.

لا تهجروا من هو محب لكم

من غير ذنب اللَه المستعان

Do not forsake one who loves you,

For no fault—God is the one whose help is sought.

وحيانكم ما حل في ناظري

سواكم فالقلب منكم ملان

And by your lives, none has dwelt in my gaze

But you; the heart is full of you.

لا تسألوا عن كثر شوقي لكم

فأدمعي من باطني ترجمان

Do not ask how great my longing for you is,

For my tears interpret what is within me.

لولا دموعي والضنا لم أبح

قد ينطق المرء بغير اللسان

But for my tears and wasting illness, I would not have revealed it.

A person may speak by means other than the tongue.

يا عاذلي دعني فاني فتى

ما ترك الحبّ بقلبي مكان

O my reproacher, leave me be, for I am a young man.

Love has left no room in my heart.

لا لوم في العشق ولا في العنا

ولا لمن يهوى الملاح الحسان

There is no blame in passion, nor in suffering,

Nor for one who loves the fair and beautiful.

بحب أهيف عذب اللما أغيد

ساجي الرقا غصن لطيف البنان

For love of a slender-waisted, supple one with sweet, dusky lips,

Languid of gaze, a bough with delicate fingertips.

بدرسها رضوان عن حفظه

حتى خرج من بين حور الجنان

A full moon—Ridwan neglected to guard him,

Until he emerged from among the houris of Paradise.