1. لِكُلِّ فُؤَادٍ مِن هَوَاكَ نَصِيبُ

    فَأَنت إلى كُلِّ القُلُوبِ حَبِيبُ

    Every heart has its share of love for you;

    For you are beloved to every heart.

  2. تَوَارَدَتِ العُشَّاقُ فِيكَ فَكُلُهُمْ

    بِكلِّكَ مَسْلُوبُ الفُؤَادِ كَئِيبُ

    Lovers have flocked to you, and each of them

    Is robbed of his heart by your whole being, and is sorrowful.

  3. وَلكنّني فُقْتُ الجَميعَ صَبَابَةً

    فَلَمْ يَكُ لي في العَاشقينَ ضَرِيبُ

    But I surpassed them all in yearning,

    So I had no equal among lovers.

  4. وَمَا حَدَّثَتْني النَّفْسُ عنكَ بِسَلْوَةٍ

    كَأَنَّ الهَوَى مِنّي عَلَيَّ رَقِيبُ

    And my soul has never spoken to me of forgetting you,

    As though love within me were a watchman over me.

  5. تُمثلِّكَ الذِّكْرَى لِقَلْبي وَنَاظِرِي

    فأَغْدُو وَكُلِّي أَعْيُنٌ وَقُلُوبُ

    Remembrance conjures you before my heart and my eye,

    So I become all eyes and hearts.

  6. غَدا السَّلْمُ مابَيْنَ الغَرَامِ ومُهجْتي

    وَبَيْنَ جُفُوني والمَنامِ حُرُوبُ

    The peace between passion and my soul,

    And between my eyelids and sleep, has turned to war.