1. لي حبيب منه طرفي

    في جنات ونعيم

    I have a beloved; through him my gaze

    is in gardens and bliss;

  2. وفؤادي من جفاه

    في عذاب وجحيم

    while my heart, through his coldness,

    is in torment and hellfire.

  3. أسمر كلم قلبي

    أبيض من مقلتيه

    A dusky beloved—my heart was wounded

    by a white blade from his two eyes.

  4. هل له ميقات وَصل

    لشفا قلبي الكليم

    Has he an appointed time for union

    to heal my wounded heart?

  5. قلت والدمع حميما

    قد جرى يا صاح رفقا

    I said, as scalding tears

    flowed: “O friend, be gentle

  6. بكئيب ليس يلقى

    غير دمع من حميم

    with a sorrowful soul who finds

    nothing but tears of scalding water.

  7. رحت يا حبي بقلبي

    حسبك المولى تعالى

    You went off, my love, with my heart;

    the Lord Most High is enough for you.

  8. رُدّ قلبي ضاع مني

    وغدا وجداً يهيم

    Give back my heart—it is lost to me,

    and now wanders, distraught with longing.

  9. بافتقاري بانكساري

    بخضوعي لك دلاً

    By my need, by my brokenness,

    by my submission to you, with coy affection,

  10. رق لي وارث لحالي

    أنت بالحال عليم

    have compassion on me and pity my plight;

    you know my condition well.”