1. خليليَّ هلْ أبصَرْتُما عاشِقاً مثلِي

    يحِنُّ كَما حنَّ الغريبُ إلى الأهْلِ

    My two friends, have you seen a lover like me,

    Who yearns as a stranger yearns for his family?

  2. خليليَّ كُفّا عن مَلامةِ هائِمٍ

    مسامِعُهُ لم تصْغِ يوماً إلى العذْلِ

    My two friends, cease reproaching a lovesick wanderer,

    Whose ears have never once heeded reproof.

  3. ألَمْ تَعْلَما أنّي تملّكَني الهَوى

    فوَاللهِ ما أَمْسَى بغيْرِ الهَوى شُغْلي

    Do you two not know that passion has possessed me?

    For, by God, nothing but passion occupies me.

  4. كلِفْتُ بظَبْيٍ ساحِرِ الجَفْنِ لم يزَلْ

    يَصولُ علَى أكْبادِنا منهُ بالنّبْلِ

    I became enamored of a gazelle with a bewitching eyelid, who has never ceased

    To assail our livers with arrows from that eyelid.

  5. وما السّحْرُ عن هاروتَ يُرْوَى حقيقةً

    ولكنّهُ يُرْوَى عنِ الأعْيُنِ النّجْلِ

    In truth, sorcery is not transmitted from Harut,

    But is transmitted from wide eyes.

  6. فكَمْ ذا تَلوماني على كلَفي به

    كأن لم يذُقْ طعْمَ الهَوى عاشِقٌ قبْلي

    How long, then, will you two reproach me for my infatuation with him,

    As though no lover before me had tasted passion's flavor?

  7. سَقى عهْدَ مَنْ أهْواهُ عهْدُ مَدامِعٍ

    فكَثرتُها تُغْنيهِ عنْ صيِّبِ الوَبْلِ

    A recurring rain of tears has watered the days of the one I love;

    Their abundance spares those days the need for a heavy downpour.

  8. وإنّ جفوني كلّما بخِلَ الحَيا

    تُحَيّي بوكّافٍ من الدّمْعِ منْهَلِّ

    And indeed my eyelids, whenever the rain grows stingy,

    Offer greetings with a copious, cascading flow of tears.

  9. أنادي علَى حُكْمِ الصّبابةِ في الدُجا

    ترفَّقْ عَسى بعْدَ القطيعةِ من وصْلِ

    I call out, at yearning's bidding, in the darkness:

    Be gentle—perhaps after estrangement there may be some reunion.

  10. ألا عَطْفَةٌ بعدَ التّباعُدِ والنّوى

    ألا عِدَةٌ بالوَصْلِ يوماً بلا مَطْلِ

    Will there be no gesture of tenderness after distance and separation?

    Will there be no promise of reunion one day, without delay?

  11. إذا لم تكُنْ لي أنتَ عَوْناً على الذي

    أُقاسِيه من حُبي ووجْدي فقُلْ مَنْ لي

    If you yourself are not my help against what

    I endure from my love and longing, then tell me: who is there for me?