1. مَن مُعيني عَلى السَهَر

    وَعَلى الغَمِّ وَالفِكَر

    Who will help me bear sleeplessness,

    and grief and anxious thoughts?

  2. وابَلائي مِن شادِنٍ

    كَبَّرَ الحُبَّ إِذ كَبِر

    Alas, my torment from a young gazelle,

    who made love grow as he grew!

  3. قامَ كَالغُصنِ في النَقا

    يُتبِعُ الشَمسَ بِالقَمَر

    He stood like a bough upon the dune,

    making the moon follow the sun,

  4. غافِلاً عَن بَلِيَّتي

    قائِلاً لي وَما شَعَر

    heedless of my suffering,

    speaking to me, unaware.

  5. شاطِرٌ لي مُقَطِّبٌ

    فاسِقُ الفِعلِ وَالنَظَر

    A rogue, scowling at me,

    wanton in deed and gaze,

  6. خَنجَرِيُّ اليَمينِ إِن

    سِمتَهُ قُبلَةً نَفَر

    his right hand a dagger—if

    you seek a kiss from him, he shies away.

  7. قَد سَقاني المُدامَ وَال

    لَيلُ بِالصُبحِ مُؤتَزِر

    He gave me wine to drink, while the

    night was girdled with dawn,

  8. وَالثُرَيّا كَنَورِ غُص

    نٍ عَلى الغَربِ قَد نُثِر

    and the Pleiades, like a bough's blossoms,

    lay scattered across the west.

  9. صاحِ إِن أَمكَنَتكَ لَذ

    ذَةُ عَيشٍ فَلا تَذَر

    Friend, if you have the chance for

    pleasure in life, do not forgo it.

  10. وَتَقَدَّم وَلا تَقِف

    فازَ بِالحُبِّ مَن جَسَر

    And press forward; do not stop:

    he who dares wins love.

  11. كَم عَذولٍ عَلى الخَطي

    ئَةِ وَاللَهُ قَد غَفَر

    How many a reprover for sin—

    yet God has already forgiven!