1. أبدي هلالَكِ من غمامِ البُرقُعِ

    ماذا عليكِ إذا ابتَسمتِ لموجَعِ

    Reveal your crescent moon from the cloud of the veil.

    What would it cost you if you smiled at one in pain?

  2. هذا الفؤادُ لطولِ صدِّكِ مظلمٌ

    ولئن يذرَّ عليهِ نورُكِ يَسطَع

    This heart is dark from your prolonged rejection.

    And if your light dawns upon it, it will shine.

  3. فهبي لهُ مما وُهبت من السَّنى

    فالنجمُ يؤنِسُنا بحسنِ المطلع

    So give it some of the radiance you were given,

    For the star comforts us with the beauty of its rising.

  4. لا تَبخَلي بمواهبِ اللهِ التي

    جَعَلتكِ أبدَعَ صورةٍ للمُبدِع

    Do not be sparing with the gifts of God that

    Made you the Creator's most wondrous image.

  5. إن كنتِ عادلةً أتيتُ بحجتي

    أو كنتِ ظالمةً أتيتُ بمدمعي

    If you are just, I come with my argument;

    Or, if you are unjust, I come with my tearful eye.

  6. فلعلَّ عدلاً في الهوى أو رحمةً

    لمتيَّمٍ متظلِّمٍ مُتشفِّع

    So perhaps there is justice in love, or mercy,

    For one enslaved by love, seeking redress and intercession.

  7. أشكو إلى اللهِ الذي هو سائلٌ

    ماذا فعلتِ بقلبهِ المتصدّع

    I complain to God, who will ask:

    "What have you done to his shattered heart?"

  8. فلربما قُبِلت شفاعةُ عاشقٍ

    يوماً وحسنُكِ عندَهُ لم يَشفَع

    For perhaps a lover's intercession will be accepted

    One day, while your beauty fails to intercede with Him.

  9. هذا حِماكِ بأدمعي رصّعتُهُ

    فبدمعةٍ كفَّ التوسُّلِ رصّعي

    This is your sanctuary; I have studded it with my tears.

    So adorn the palm of supplication with a tear.

  10. واللهِ ما السامورُ أثمنَ في يَدي

    منها فأجريها ولو بتودُّع

    By God, a diamond in my hand is not more precious

    Than it—so let it flow, even at your ease.