1. أَلال تَقُل مَهلاً فَقَد ذَهَبَ المَهلُ

    وَما كُلُّ مَن يَلحى مُحِبّاً لَهُ عَقلُ

    Ah, do not say, 'Wait'; there is no respite left.

    And not everyone who reproaches a lover has sense.

  2. لَقَد كانَ في حَولَينِ حالاً وَلَم أَزُر

    هَواي وَإِن خُوِّفتُ عَن حُبِّها شُعلُ

    Indeed, for two years this has been the case, and I have not visited

    my beloved, though I have been threatened with flames to deter me from loving her.

  3. حَمى المَلِكُ الجَبّارُ عَنّي لِقاءَها

    فَمِن دونِها نُخشى المَتالِفُ وَالقَتلُ

    The tyrannical king has barred me from meeting her.

    So on the way to her we fear deadly perils and slaughter.

  4. فَلا خَيرَ في حُبٍّ يُخَلفُ وَبالُهُ

    وَلا في حَبيبٍ لا يَكونُ لَهُ وَصلُ

    So there is no good in a love that leaves misery behind,

    nor in a beloved with whom there is no union.

  5. فَوا كَبِدي إِنّي شُهِرتُ بِحُبِّها

    وَلَم يَكُ فيما بَينَنا ساعَةً بَذلُ

    Alas for my liver! I have become known for loving her,

    yet not for a single hour was any favor granted between us.

  6. وَيا عَجَباً إِنّي لَكاتِمُ حُبِّها

    وَقَد شاعَ حَتّى قُطِّعَت دونَها السُبلُ

    And how strange! I am indeed concealing my love for her,

    yet it has spread abroad, until the paths to her were cut off.