1. ما لي بحمل الهوى يدانِ

    من بعد ما أَعوز التداني

    My two hands cannot bear love's burden,

    Ever since closeness became unattainable.

  2. أصبحتُ أشكوه من زمانِ

    ما بتُّ منه على أمانِ

    For some time I have been lamenting it;

    I have never passed a night safe from it.

  3. ما بال عينيك تسجمانِ

    والدمع يرفضُّ كالجمانِ

    Why do your eyes stream with tears,

    While tears scatter like pearls?

  4. ناداك والإلف عنك وانٍ

    والبعدُ من بعداه كواني

    He called to you while the beloved is heedless of you,

    And separation, through his remoteness, has seared me.

  5. يا شقة النفي من هوانِ

    لَجَّجَ في أبحر الهوانِ

    O the long road of exile—what humiliation!

    He plunged into the seas of humiliation.

  6. لم يُثْنني عن هواك ثانِ

    يا بغية القلب قد كفاني

    No one has dissuaded me from loving you,

    O heart's desire, I have had enough.