أَدنو إِليكَ فأُقْصَى

وكم أَطيعُ فأُعْصَى

I come near to you, yet how far I remain

And how much I obey, yet disobey

جَوْراً تَقَصَّيْتَ فيه

وجائِرٌ من تَقَصَّى

Unjustly you distance yourself

Yet the one distancing is unjust

عِشْقِي كمالٌ فما لِي

أَرَاهُ عِنْدَكَ نَقْصَا

My love is complete, so why

Do I see it incomplete in you

وليس تُحْصَى ذُنُوبي

ما لَمْ يكُنْ لَيْسَ يُحْصَى

And my sins cannot be counted

Unless that which cannot be counted ceases to be

حَرصْتُ فيكَ وقِدْما

لم يَتْبعِ النُّجْعُ حِرْصَا

I hurried for you while my feet

Still followed hesitation's pace

سعيتُ مذ غبتَ لكن

لم أَرْضَ بالشَّمْس قُرْصا

I have toiled since you were absent

But the sun's disk did not please me

فكان قَلْبِيَ قَصْراً

فصارَ بالهَمِّ خُصّاً

So my heart became a palace

Then it shrank with worries

غَنَّى أَنِيني وَقَلْبِي

بالخفق يَرْقُصُ رَقْصَا

My sighing sang and my heart

Danced with a flutter

يا قَاسِيَ القَلْبِ مَالِي

أَرَى بَنَانَكَ رَخْصَا

O hard-hearted, what is with me

That I see your edifice crumbling

البَدْرُ وَجْهُك لامَا

يعودُ بالنقصِ دِرْصا

The full moon is your face without

Ever returning crescent-less

يا خاتم الفَمِ سُؤلي

أَن أَجْعَلْ اللَّثمَ فَصّاً

O ring of the mouth, ask me

To make a kiss a severance

متى أَرَاني أُفْنِي

لَمىَ المراشِفِ مَصّاً

When will you see me perish

Rubbing pillows in erasure

أَرسلتَ طَيْفَكَ وهْماً

فصارَ في العَيْنِ شخْصَا

You sent your phantom love

It became in the eye a form

سرقتَ يا طيفُ نَوْمِي

متى عَهدتُكَ لِصّاً

You stole my sleep o phantom

When did I know you a thief

يا طيفُ لَمْ تَخْتَرِعْ ذَا

ما أَنت إِلاَّ مُوَصَّى

O phantom, you invented nothing new

You are just made to be sent