1. مَن لِوَلهان كَئيب

    بَينَ همٍ وَكُروب

    Who is there for one lovesick and forlorn,

    amid worry and anguish,

  2. يَقطَع اللَيل بِحُزن

    وَبُكاء وَنَحيب

    passing the night in sorrow,

    and weeping and lamentation?

  3. مَن لِقَلبي بِأَمان

    وَهُدؤ كَالقُلوب

    Who will bring my heart safety

    and calm, like other hearts?

  4. فَلَقَد سَلَكَهُ الحُ

    ب لِخَوف وَوَجيب

    For love has led it

    to fear and a pounding pulse.

  5. وَحَبيب هُوَ لا شَ

    ك مَعلي وَطَبيبي

    And a beloved—he is, without

    doubt, my afflicter and my physician.

  6. مالَ بِالإِلباب مِنهُ

    ميَل القَد الرَطيب

    Minds were swayed by his

    supple figure's sway.

  7. كُل مَن شاهَد مِنهُ

    فِتنَة الحُسن الغَريب

    Whoever beheld in him

    the allure of extraordinary beauty

  8. عادَ في الوَقت بِقَلب

    عاذب اللُب طَروب

    returned at once with a heart

    bereft of reason, enraptured.

  9. يَصرف الأَلحاظ عَني

    خَوف واش أَو رَقيب

    He turns his glances away from me

    for fear of a slanderer or a watcher.

  10. سَيدي لا تَخشَ مِن رَق

    ية وَاش مُستَريب

    My master, do not fear the spell

    of a mistrustful slanderer.

  11. فَلَقَد غَبت عَن الحِ

    س مِن الشَوق المُذيب

    For I have vanished from

    perception, through longing that melts me.

  12. دَقَ شَخصي فيكَ إِن يُد

    ركهُ فكر لَبيب

    My form has grown so slight for love of you; no

    discerning mind can grasp it.

  13. قَسَماً بِالسَهر الدا

    ئم وَالدَمع الصَبيب

    I swear by unceasing

    wakefulness and 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 slanderer had sense—in any way suspect.

  16. لا وَمَن كوَّن قَلبي

    مِن حَنين وَلَهيب

    No, by Him who fashioned my heart

    from longing and flame.

  17. وَخَيال زارَ في صُو

    رة تَيّاه غَضوب

    And a phantom came in the guise

    of a haughty, wrathful one.

  18. جادَ إِذ زارَ بِوَصل

    مِنهُ بِالصَد مَشوب

    When he came, he offered union—

    his gift mingled with rejection.

  19. أَفحَتّى الطَيف لا بِر

    فق بِالصَب الكَئيب

    So does even the phantom show no

    kindness to the sorrowful lover?

  20. قنع المُشتاق مِن طَي

    فك بِالوَعد الكَذوب

    The yearning lover was content with your

    phantom's deceitful 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 have become a captive of my [foes],

    just 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.