1. أَيا مَنْ خانَ مَخْبَرُهُ

    وَعَزَّ الصَّبَّ مَنْظَرُهُ

    O you whose inner nature has proved faithless,

    and whose looks have overpowered the lovesick lover;

  2. وَمَنْ أُخْفِي هَوَايَ لَهُ

    وَدَمْعُ الْعَيْنِ يُظْهُرهُ

    and you for whom I conceal my love,

    while the eye's tears reveal it:

  3. أَنِلْنِي مالِكِي وَصْلاً

    حَقِيراً لَسْتُ أَحْقِرُهُ

    grant me, my master, a union,

    however slight—I do not disdain it.

  4. وَلا يَمْنَعْكَ قِلَّتُهُ

    أقَلُّ الْوَصْلِ أَكْثَرُهُ

    And let its smallness not deter you:

    the least union is the greatest.