1. في طاعة الحب ما أَنفقتُ من عُمري

    وفي سبيل الهوي ما شابَ من شَعَري

    All I have spent of my life has been in love's service,

    And all my hair that has grayed has done so in passion's cause.

  2. طال الوُقوف على ضَحْضاحِ نائلكم

    وغُلَّة الصّدر بين الوِرد والصَّدرِ

    Long have I stood at the shallows of your bounty,

    And my breast's burning thirst lingers between coming to water and leaving it.

  3. كم قد أَماتَ الهوى شوقي وأَنشره

    عن يأْس منتظِرٍ أضو وعد منتظَر

    How often has passion slain my longing and revived it,

    Through the despair of one who waits—or [reading uncertain] a promise awaited.

  4. بمُهْجتي وبصَحْبي كلُّ آنسةٍ

    تبيت نافرةً منّي ومِنْ نَفَري

    I would ransom every lovely maiden with my lifeblood and my companions,

    Who spends the night shying away from me and my band.

  5. أَما ترى سُنَّةَ الأَقمار مُشْرقةً

    في لِمَّتي فبياض الليل للقمر

    Do you not see the moons' countenance shining

    In my locks? For the whiteness of night belongs to the moon.

  6. هَبْني أُخلِّصُ جسمي من مُعَذِّبه

    فمن يخلّص قلبي من يَدَيْ نظري

    Suppose I free my body from its tormentor;

    Then who will free my heart from the hands of my gaze?

  7. فيا نسيم الخُزامى هُبَّ لي سَحَراً

    لعلَّ نَشْرك مَطْوِيٌّ على خَبَر

    So, O breeze of lavender, blow for me before dawn;

    Perhaps your fragrance is folded around some tidings.

  8. واحذر لسان دُموعي أَنْ تَنِمَّ به

    فإِنَّ سرّيَ من دمعي على خَطَر

    And beware the tongue of my tears, lest it betray my secret;

    For my secret is at risk from my tears.