1. أَعِندَكَ أَنّ قَلبي مُستَهامُ

    وَجَفنِي لَيسَ يَطرُقُهُ المَنامُ

    Do you know that my heart is lost in love,

    and that sleep never visits my eyelid?

  2. حَياتِي فِيكَ أَو مَوتي تَساوى

    كَذاكَ العَذلُ عِندِي وَالمَلامُ

    Whether I live for you or die, it is all the same;

    so too are reproach and blame to me.

  3. مَكانُكُ في الحَشا رَحبٌ مَكِينٌ

    حَلَلتَ فَطابَ فيهِ لَكَ المَقامُ

    Your place within my breast is spacious and secure;

    you settled there, and your stay there became pleasant.

  4. دَليلي في الهَوى خَفَقانُ قَلبي

    وَأَجفانُ مَدامِعُها سِجامُ

    My proof of love is the fluttering of my heart,

    and eyelids whose tears pour forth.

  5. بَخَدِّكَ سَوسنٌ غَضّ وَوَردٌ

    وَوَجهُكَ دُونَهُ البَدرُ التَمامُ

    On your cheek are a fresh iris and a rose,

    and the moon at its fullest falls short of your face.

  6. نَعِيمي في رِضاكَ وَأَنتَ سُولي

    فَصِل مُضنىً أَضَرَّ بِهِ السَقامُ

    My bliss lies in your favor, and you are my desire;

    so grant union to one whom sickness has laid low.

  7. عَذابي فيكَ يا مَولايَ عَذبٌ

    وَفيكَ حَلا التَهَتُّكُ وَالهُيامُ

    My torment in loving you, my lord, is sweet;

    and in loving you, shameless abandon and mad passion have grown sweet.

  8. بِثَغرِكَ مِن نَفِيسِ الدرِّ عِقدٌ

    وَمَرجانٌ يَجُولُ بِها المُدامُ

    In your mouth is a necklace of precious pearls,

    and coral, through which wine swirls.

  9. دَعاني لِلهَوى قَدٌّ قَويمٌ

    وَأَجفانٌ بِها سُحِرَ الأَنامُ

    A shapely figure called me to love,

    and eyelids that bewitched humankind.

  10. إِذا أَنا بِالطُلولِ أبُثّ ما بِي

    وَاندُبُها يُطارِحُني الحَمامُ

    When, among the ruins, I pour out what ails me,

    and mourn them, the doves exchange laments with me.

  11. لِمَن أَشكُو بِما أَلقى وَعَيني

    عَليّ جَنت فَلَذَّ لِيَ الغَرامُ

    To whom can I complain of what I suffer, when my eye

    has wronged me, and so passion has grown sweet to me?

  12. سَقى صَوبُ الحَيا حَيّاً وَرَبعاً

    أَحِبَّتُنا بِمَغناهُ أَقامُوا

    May rain's downpour water an encampment and an abode

    where our loved ones dwelt,

  13. لِأَنّي قَد قَطَعتُ بِهِ زَماناً

    وَشَملي بِالحَبيبِ لَهُ اِنتِظامُ

    for I spent a span of time there,

    and my union with the beloved was complete.

  14. مَتى شِئتَ اسمَ مَن يَهواهُ قَلبِي

    فَذاكَ اسمٌ بِهِ يُبدا الكَلامُ

    Whenever you wish to know the name of him my heart loves,

    then that is a name with which speech begins.