1. أَين الرسالاتُ وَالشَو

    قُ فَالجَواب تَأَخّر

    Where are the letters and the long-

    ing? For the reply is delayed.

  2. كَم قُلتِ شَوقي كَثيرٌ

    أَظنُّ شَوقي أَكثَر

    How often you said, ‘My longing is great!’

    I think my longing is greater.

  3. أُسائل البَدرَ حَيرا

    ن عنك إِن هُوَ أَسفَر

    I ask the full moon, bewilder-

    ed, about you; if it shines forth,

  4. ذَكَرتُ وَجهك فيهِ

    وَالشَيء بِالشَيء يُذكر

    I recall your face in it,

    and one thing brings another to mind.

  5. كَوني بودّك كَالبَد

    ر فَهُوَ يَخفى وَيَظهر

    Be, in your affection, like the full

    moon, for it hides and appears.