1. مَن لِوَلهان كَئيب

    بَينَ همٍ وَكُروب

    Who is there for a sorrowful, lovelorn soul,

    amid anxiety and anguish,

  2. يَقطَع اللَيل بِحُزن

    وَبُكاء وَنَحيب

    who spends the night in grief,

    in weeping and lamentation?

  3. مَن لِقَلبي بِأَمان

    وَهُدؤ كَالقُلوب

    Who will give my heart safety

    and peace, like other hearts?

  4. فَلَقَد سَلَكَهُ الحُ

    ب لِخَوف وَوَجيب

    For love has led it

    into fear and a pounding heartbeat.

  5. وَحَبيب هُوَ لا شَ

    ك مَعلي وَطَبيبي

    And my beloved is, without

    doubt, my afflicter and my physician.

  6. مالَ بِالإِلباب مِنهُ

    ميَل القَد الرَطيب

    Minds were swayed by him—

    by the sway of his supple form.

  7. كُل مَن شاهَد مِنهُ

    فِتنَة الحُسن الغَريب

    Whoever saw in him

    the allure of extraordinary beauty

  8. عادَ في الوَقت بِقَلب

    عاذب اللُب طَروب

    returned at once with a heart

    distracted in mind, enraptured.

  9. يَصرف الأَلحاظ عَني

    خَوف واش أَو رَقيب

    He turns his glances away from me,

    fearing a tale-bearer or a watcher.

  10. سَيدي لا تَخشَ مِن رَق

    ية وَاش مُستَريب

    My lord, do not fear the spell

    of a suspicious tale-bearer;

  11. فَلَقَد غَبت عَن الحِ

    س مِن الشَوق المُذيب

    for I have passed beyond

    perception, through longing that melts me.

  12. دَقَ شَخصي فيكَ إِن يُد

    ركهُ فكر لَبيب

    My form has grown slight for you; no

    discerning mind can perceive it.

  13. قَسَماً بِالسَهر الدا

    ئم وَالدَمع الصَبيب

    I swear by unending sleeplessness

    and by streaming tears,

  14. وَالَّذي خَصَكَ بِالعَجَ

    ب وِبِالحُسن العَجيب

    and by Him who endowed you with wonder

    and with wondrous beauty:

  15. لَستُ في حُبك لَو يَع

    قل واش بِمُريب

    I am not, in loving you—if

    a tale-bearer understood—at all suspect.

  16. لا وَمَن كوَّن قَلبي

    مِن حَنين وَلَهيب

    No, by Him who formed my heart

    from yearning and flame!

  17. وَخَيال زارَ في صُو

    رة تَيّاه غَضوب

    And a phantom visited in the guise

    of one haughty and wrathful;

  18. جادَ إِذ زارَ بِوَصل

    مِنهُ بِالصَد مَشوب

    when it visited, it granted union

    from him, mingled with rebuff.

  19. أَفحَتّى الطَيف لا بِر

    فق بِالصَب الكَئيب

    Does even the phantom, then, show no

    kindness to the sorrowful lover?

  20. قنع المُشتاق مِن طَي

    فك بِالوَعد الكَذوب

    The yearning lover was content with

    your phantom's lying promise.

  21. قَلَّ يا مَولاي مَن وَص

    لك حَظي وَنصيبي

    Little, my lord, of union with you

    has been my share and portion.

  22. صرت فقي أَسر أَعادَ

    بي كَما شاءَ حَبيبي

    I became captive to my enemies,

    as my beloved wished.

  23. أَن يَكُن دَهري خَصمي

    فيكَ فَاللَهُ حَسيبي

    If my fate should be my adversary

    over you, God is sufficient for me.