1. أُخفِي الهَوَى وَمَدَامِعِي تُبْدِيهِ،

    وَأُمِيتُهُ وَصَبَابَتِي تُحْيِيهِ.

    I hide love, yet my tears reveal it,

    and I put it to death, yet my yearning revives it.

  2. وَمُعَذِّبِي حُلْوُ الشَّمَائِلِ أَهْيَفٌ،

    قَدْ جمعتْ كلُّ المَحَاسِنِ فِيهِ.

    My tormentor is sweet in disposition, slender-waisted;

    indeed, all graces have been gathered in him.

  3. فكأنهُ فِي الحُسْنِ صُورَةُ يوسفٍ،

    وكأنني فِي الحُزنِ مِثْلُ أبيهِ.

    So, in beauty, he is like the image of Joseph,

    and in sorrow, I am like his father.

  4. يا حارقا بالنار وجه محبه

    مهلا فإنّ مدامعي تطفيهِ.

    O you who burn your lover's face with fire,

    be gentle, for my tears quench it.

  5. أحرق بها جسدي و كل جوارحي

    واحرص على قلبي فإنك فيهِ.

    Burn my body and all my limbs with it,

    and take care of my heart, for you are in it.

  6. إن أنكر العشاق فيك صبابتي

    فأنا الهوى و ابن الهوى و أبيهِ.

    If lovers deny my yearning for you,

    then I am love, and love's son, and its father.