1. رُدّوا لِقَلبي القَلَقَ الفِرارا

    وَخَبِّروني الرَكبَ أَينَ سارا

    Restore flight to my restless heart,

    And tell me where the caravan has gone.

  2. وَسامِحوا النَومَ عَلى نِفارِهِ

    لَوولا الهَوى ما عَرَفَ النِفارا

    And forgive sleep for its flight;

    Were it not for love, it would never have known flight.

  3. يا عاذِلي في شَغَفي بِحُبِّهِ

    دَعني فَقَد آنَستُ مِنهُ نارا

    O you who chide me for my passionate love of him,

    Leave me, for I have glimpsed a fire from him.

  4. ظَبيُ كَناسٍ لَو دَرى الظَبيُ بِهِ

    مِن مُقلَتَيهِ الدَعج اِستَعارا

    A gazelle in its covert—if a gazelle knew of him,

    It would borrow deep blackness from his eyes.

  5. عَشِقتُهُ سِرّاً فَلَمّا غَلَبَت

    صَبابَتي هَوَيتُهُ جَهارا

    I loved him secretly, but when I was overcome

    By my yearning, I loved him openly.

  6. وَكانَ لي قَلبٌ فَلَمّا زارَني

    وَهَبتُهُ لِحُسنِهِ اِستِبشارا

    And I had a heart, but when he visited me,

    I joyfully gave it to his beauty.

  7. مُذ لَبِسَ العِذارَ خالي خَدِّهِ

    خَلَعتُ في الحُبِّ لَهُ العِذارا

    Since his bare cheek donned its down,

    I have cast off the bridle for him in love.

  8. ما أَطيَبَ القَتلَ بِسَيفِ لَحظِهِ

    رُزِقتُهُ وَلا رزقتُ ثارا

    How sweet to be slain by the sword of his glance!

    May I be granted it, and never granted vengeance.