1. اللَهُ في الخَلقِ مِن صَبٍّ وَمِن عاني

    تَفنى القُلوبُ وَيَبقى قَلبُكِ الجاني

    For God's sake, have mercy on His creatures—the lovesick and the captive!

    Hearts perish, while your guilty heart remains.

  2. صوني جَمالَكِ عَنّا إِنَّنا بَشَرٌ

    مِنَ التُرابِ وَهَذا الحُسنُ روحاني

    Keep your beauty from us; we are human,

    made of dust, while this beauty is spiritual.

  3. أَو فَاِبتَغي فَلَكاً تَأوينَهُ مَلَكاً

    لَم يَتَّخِذ شَرَكاً في العالَمِ الفاني

    Or seek a heavenly sphere to dwell in as an angel,

    who has laid no snare in the perishing world,

  4. يَنسابُ في النورِ مَشغوفاً بِصورَتِهِ

    مُنَعَّماً في بَديعاتِ الحُلى هاني

    gliding in the light, enraptured by his own form,

    blissful amid exquisite adornments, at peace.

  5. إِذا تَبَسَّمَ أَبدى الكَونُ زينَتَهُ

    وَإِن تَنَفَّسَ أَهدى طيبَ رَيحانِ

    When he smiles, the universe reveals its adornment,

    and if he breathes, he bestows sweet basil's fragrance.

  6. وَأَشرِقي مِن سَماءِ العِزِّ مُشرِقَةً

    بِمَنظَرٍ ضاحِكِ اللَألاءِ فَتّانِ

    And shine, radiant, from the heaven of glory,

    with an enchanting vision of smiling brilliance.

  7. عَسى تَكُفُّ دُموعٌ فيكِ هامِيَةٌ

    لا تَطلُعُ الشَمسُ وَالأَنداءُ في آنِ

    Perhaps the tears streaming for you will cease;

    the sun and the dew do not appear at the same moment.

  8. يا مَن هَجَرتُ إِلى الأَوطانِ رُؤيَتَها

    فَرُحتُ أَشوَقَ مُشتاقٍ لِأَوطانِ

    O you, whose sight I forsook for my native lands,

    I went away the most yearning of all who long for native lands.

  9. أَتَذكُرينَ حَنيني في الزَمانِ لَها

    وَسَكبِيَ الدَمعَ مِن تَذكارِها قاني

    Do you remember my longing for them in days gone by,

    and the crimson tears I poured out at their remembrance,

  10. وَغَبطِيَ الطَيرَ أَلقاهُ أَصيحُ بِهِ

    لَيتَ الكَريمَ الَّذي أَعطاكِ أَعطاني

    and my envy of each bird I met, crying out to it:

    If only the Generous One who gave to you had given to me!