1. أنا والجمالُ

    وهمْ وما اخْتَارُوا

    I and beauty;

    They and what they have chosen.

  2. سَلْ بنات قَلبي

    هل تَعَزَّى وَتَقر

    Ask the daughters of my heart:

    Has it found solace and come to rest?

  3. لا أَقولُ مسبي

    ما بكائي سِرْ

    I will not name my captor;

    My weeping is no secret.

  4. قدْ إليك حَسبِي

    ليسَ ينفعُ الحذر

    Already—to you—enough for me [syntax unclear].

    Caution is of no avail.

  5. أينَ الاحتمالُ

    لا هُوَ ولا دارُ

    Where is endurance?

    Neither it nor a home.

  6. بي ولا أَقولُ

    لتُؤخذنَّ بدمي

    Within me—yet I do not say:

    'You shall surely answer for my blood.'

  7. خدُّكَ الأسِيلُ

    ملءُ ناظري وفمي

    Your smooth cheek

    Fills my gaze and my mouth—

  8. منظرٌ جميلُ

    كلمَّا أبيحَ حُمي

    A beautiful sight,

    Whenever my sanctuary is laid open.

  9. لي به مقالث

    وعليه لي ثارُ

    I have [unclear word] concerning him,

    And vengeance to exact from him.

  10. قَمَري وَشَمسي

    كلَّما دَجَا زَمَني

    My moon and my sun,

    Whenever my days grow dark.

  11. لو مَلكتُ نَفسي

    لمْ أَحِنْ ولم أُهنِ

    If I were master of myself,

    I would neither yearn nor be abased.

  12. دون ذاكَ أمسي

    وإليكَ فامْتَهنِ

    Short of that, I pass my evenings;

    And I am yours—so abase me.

  13. حِبَّذا دلالُ

    ليس عنكَ إقصارُ

    How delightful is coyness!

    There is no turning away from you.

  14. رهنُ كلِّ زَيْنِ

    لا والذي وُسمتَ بهْ

    Hostage to every beauty—

    No, by that with which you were marked!

  15. ضاعَ كلُّ دَيْنِ

    قُمتَ دون مطلبه

    Lost is every debt

    Whose collection you stood in the way of.

  16. في يديكِ حَيني

    فاقضهِ أو اقضِ به

    My death lies in your hands;

    So decree it, or judge by it.

  17. صَرَّح الخيالُ

    ليس في الهوى عارُ

    The vision spoke plainly:

    'There is no shame in love.'

  18. لم أَشِبْ لسِنِّ

    يَقْتَضي بيَ الكِبَرا

    I did not turn gray from age

    That would warrant my growing old.

  19. أنتِ حلت منّي

    ما رأَى الصّبا وترى

    You—[unclear verb]—from me,

    What youth saw, and you see.

  20. ثمَّ إن تضنّي

    كي تقربي الخبرا

    Then, if you are grudging,

    So that you may bring the news nearer.

  21. أسْتَهَل مالُ

    طالْ عليَّ فمارُ

    I begin—wealth [reading uncertain].

    It has lasted long upon me, then [unclear ending].