1. كُن كَيفَ شِئتَ فَإِنَّني لَكَ وامِقٌ

    أَنتَ المَليكُ وَقَلبِيَ المَملوكُ

    Be as you wish, for I am in love with you.

    You are the sovereign, and my heart the slave.

  2. كَم لَيلَةٍ قاسَيتُها بِسُهادِها

    وَالقَلبُ تَحتَ لَظى الهَوى مَسبوكُ

    How many a night I have endured with its sleeplessness,

    And the heart is molten beneath love’s blaze.

  3. كَبِدٌ تَذوبُ وَمُقلَةٌ مَوقوفَةٌ

    دَرَجَ السُهادِ وَدَمعُها مَسفوكُ

    A liver melts, and an eye is held fast

    On the steps of sleeplessness, its tears poured out.

  4. كَيفَ التَخَلُّصُ مِن مُقارَنَةِ الهَوى

    وَالجِسمُ مُلتَبِسٌ بِهِ مَنهوكُ

    How can one escape love’s companionship,

    When the body is entangled in it, exhausted?