1. سارَ بِصَبري وَبِاِحتِمالي

    سَيرَ حَمول

    He bore away my patience and endurance

    as a laden caravan departs.

  2. يَحمِلُ عَنها شَذا الشَمالِ

    عَرفَ الشَمول

    The fragrant north wind carries from it

    the scent of wine.

  3. في فاضِحِ الدُرِّ وَالدَراري

    ثَغرٌ وَنور

    In him who puts pearls and stars to shame

    are a mouth and radiance.

  4. ذو غَنَجٍ أَعينُ الصِوارِ

    إِليهِ صور

    A coy one—the wild oxen's eyes

    are drawn toward him.

  5. فَرَّ مِنَ السِربِ وَالقِفارِ

    إِلى الصُدور

    He fled the herd and the barren wilds

    into our breasts.

  6. سَطا فَأَعدَدتُ لِلدَلالِ

    حِلمَ الذَليل

    He assailed me; for his coyness I readied

    the forbearance of the humbled.

  7. وَحَسَّنَت فِتنَةُ الجَمالِ

    حُبَّ البَخيل

    And beauty's enchantment made fair

    loving the miserly one.

  8. مَلَأتَ بِالشَوقِ صَدرَ مُعَمَّد

    صِفرَ اليَدَين

    You filled with longing a love-stricken man's breast,

    empty-handed as he is.

  9. فَدَمعُ عَيني اِنثَنى مُوَرَّد

    بِغَيرِ عَين

    So my eye's tears turned rose-red,

    without an eye.

  10. أَظُنُّ روحي لِلَحظِ أَحمَد

    عَلَيَّ دَين

    I think my soul, to Ahmad's glance,

    is a debt I owe.

  11. لا تَخشَ لَيَّي وَلا مِطالي

    لَستُ أَحول

    Fear neither my stalling nor my delay;

    I will not evade.

  12. نَفسِيَ في ذِمَّةِ الخَبالِ

    عَلى الحُلول

    My soul is in madness's keeping,

    with payment due.

  13. كَم أَشتَكي رَوعَةَ الشُجونِ

    بِلا فُؤاد

    How often I lament the terror of sorrows,

    without a heart.

  14. عَن لَذَّةِ النَومِ حَدِّثوني

    طالَ السُهاد

    Tell me of the delight of sleep;

    sleeplessness has lasted long.

  15. صامَت بِشَرعِ الهَوى جُفوني

    عَنِ الرُقاد

    By love's law my eyelids have fasted

    from slumber.

  16. لَو حَلَّلَ الفِطرَ بِالهِلالِ

    وَجهٌ جَميل

    If only breaking the fast by the crescent were permitted

    by a lovely face!

  17. مَتى أَرى لَيلَةَ الوِصالِ

    يالَيلَ صول

    When shall I see the night of union?

    O night, wield your might!

  18. مَحَقتَ بِالسُقمِ في ضِياءِ

    بَدرَ تَمام

    Through sickness you eclipsed, in its radiance,

    a moon at its full.

  19. ما عِشتُ حيناً لَولا خَفائي

    عَنِ الحِمام

    I would not have lived a moment, had I not been hidden

    from death.

  20. مَحا سَقامُ البُكا ذَمائي

    وَلا سَقام

    Weeping's sickness erased my last spark of life,

    and no sickness remains.

  21. أَأَنسُبُ السُقمَ لِلخَيالِ

    ماذا أَقول

    Shall I ascribe sickness to the phantom?

    What can I say?

  22. غالَطتُ وَاللَهِ في اِنتِحالي

    ثَوبَ النُحول

    I deceived myself, by God, in claiming

    the robe of emaciation.

  23. قَدَّمتُ ذِكرَ النَوى وَأَعني

    بُخلَ الحَبيب

    I first spoke of separation, though I mean

    the beloved's miserliness.

  24. هُوَ الهَوى وَالمَزارُ مِنّي

    دانٍ قَريب

    Such is love; and his dwelling, from where I am,

    is near, close at hand.

  25. أَظَلُّ في قُربِهِ أُغَنّي

    غِنا كَئيب

    I keep singing in his nearness

    a mournful song.

  26. ياحادِيَ العيسِ وَالجِمالِ

    عَرِّج قَليل

    O driver of pale camels and camel herds,

    turn aside a little.

  27. عَسى تَرى مُقلَتي غَزالي

    قَبلَ الرَحيل

    May my eye behold my gazelle

    before departure.