1. خلّي صدودك وهجرِك

    واطفى لهيبي ووجدي

    Give up your shunning and desertion,

    And quench my flame and longing.

  2. ساعة وصالك وأربك

    أغلى من العمر عندي

    An hour of union with you and nearness to you

    Is dearer to me than life.

  3. بصدّي إنتم رضيتم

    وهان عليكُم بعادي

    You were content to spurn me,

    And my absence mattered little to you,

  4. واِنتم اطلَعتم ودادي

    اللَه يصبّر فؤادي

    Though you knew my love.

    May God give my heart patience.

  5. يا نرجس الروض مالك

    سلّطت لحظك عليّ

    O narcissus of the garden, why have you

    Turned your glance upon me?

  6. اللّي كواني جمالك

    لكن سببها عنّي

    What seared me was your beauty,

    But I am the cause of it.

  7. حنّي إديك من دموعي

    واِرسم عليهم أساور

    Henna your hands with my tears,

    And draw bracelets on them.

  8. وإن كنت خايف عذولي

    أرخي شعورك ستاير

    And if you fear my reproacher,

    Let down your hair as curtains.

  9. لاِجلك هجرني منامي

    وفيك جفيت كل صاحب

    For your sake, my sleep has forsaken me,

    And for you I have shunned every friend.

  10. ولاِجل اربك ووصلِك

    صاحبت غير الحبايب

    And for the sake of nearness and union with you,

    I have befriended those who are not dear to me.