1. وعيشك مع عِلمى بِأنك تمزح

    لقد نالنِى من ذاك وجد مبرح

    By your life, though I know you are jesting,

    Indeed, that has brought me agonizing heartache.

  2. وواللهِ ما فارقت أمرك ساعة

    وما لِىَ عما ترتضِى متزحزح

    And by God, I have not strayed from your command for an hour,

    Nor have I any way to depart from what pleases you.

  3. وإنى على قربِ المزارِ وبعدِهِ

    حلِيفَ اشتِياقٍ ليس ينأى فيبرح

    And I, whether the meeting place is near or far,

    Am a sworn companion of longing that never recedes or departs.

  4. فلا عِيش لِى إِلا بِظِلِّكَ يجتنى

    ولا لهو لى إلا بِزِندِك يقدح

    For no life is mine but what is gathered beneath your shade,

    Nor any delight but what is kindled by your fire-stick.

  5. وما كان إلا ما تحققت عِلمه

    على أننِى مِنه إِلى العذرِ أجنح

    And what happened was only what I knew for certain,

    Though I lean toward finding an excuse for it.

  6. ولكِننِى مِن بعد ذا لا بك الأذى

    حلِيفُ ضنى أُمسِى بِه ثم أصبح

    Yet I, after this—may no harm befall you—

    Am a sworn companion of wasting sickness; with it I pass the evening, then enter the morning.