1. أُسائلُ الرَّكبَ عنكم

    وأنتم في فؤادي

    I ask the caravan about you,

    While you are in my heart.

  2. وقفٌ عليكم طريقي

    في حُبّكم وتِلادي

    My path is devoted to you,

    In my love for you—as is my inherited wealth.

  3. تصبُّري في انتقاصٍ

    ولوعتي في ازديادِ

    My patient endurance is waning,

    And my burning anguish is growing.

  4. قالوا مرادك ماذا

    فقلتُ أَنتم مُرادي

    They said, “What is your desire?”

    So I said, “You are my desire.”

  5. ما بالكم لم تلبُّوا

    وقد سمعتم أُنادي

    Why have you not responded,

    Though you have heard me calling?

  6. وكم لكم من أيادٍ

    لم أَنسها وأَيادِ

    And how many favors of yours

    I have not forgotten—and yet more favors.

  7. يا مالكي الرِّقَ رقُّوا

    فقد ملكتم قيادي

    O masters of bondage, show mercy,

    For you have taken hold of my reins.

  8. صددتم الوردَ عنّي

    علماً بأنيَ صادِ

    You have kept water from me,

    Knowing that I am thirsty.

  9. سرتم بقلبي وسري

    وراحتي ورقادي

    You departed with my heart and my secret,

    And my rest and my sleep.

  10. ما هكذا لو عرفتم

    يكونُ شرطُ الوِدادِ

    This is not how—if you knew—

    The terms of love should be.