1. يا معرضاً عني سلبت رقادي

    وتركتني جسداً بغير فؤاد

    O you who turn away from me, you have stolen my sleep,

    And left me a body without a heart.

  2. وتركت جفني لا يمل من البكا

    والسقم أخفاني عن العواد

    And you left my eyelid never tiring of weeping,

    And sickness has hidden me from those who visit the sick.

  3. أفهل بدا ذنب لديك جنيته

    حتى تكون قطعت حبل ودادي

    Has some offense I committed come to light before you,

    That you should have severed the cord of my affection?

  4. أو كان ذنبي فيك فرط تلهفي

    فرميتني بالصد والإبعاد

    Or was my offense against you my excessive yearning,

    So you struck me with rejection and estrangement?

  5. أو ما علمت بأنه كتب الهوى

    سطراً على قلبي بغير مداد

    Or did you not know that love had written

    A line upon my heart without ink?

  6. هذا أسير هواك مذ خلق الهوى

    والشاهدان مدامعي وسهادي

    This one has been your love's captive since love was created,

    And the two witnesses are my tears and my sleeplessness.

  7. قسماً بخمرة ريقه وبصارم

    من لحظه الفتاك في الأكباد

    I swear by the wine of his saliva, and by a keen blade

    From his glance, deadly to livers:

  8. إن لم يكف عن النميمة عاذلي

    ويخلني في لوعتي ورشادي

    If my reproacher does not cease his tale-bearing

    And leave me to my anguish and my sound judgment,

  9. لأشنه في كل يوم غارةٍ

    بسوابق قب البطون جياد

    I shall launch a raid against him every day

    With fine steeds, swift and lean-bellied.