1. ظَفَرتَ بالقلبِ فكُن راحِما

    أما تَراهُ دَنِفاً هائِما

    You have won the heart, so be merciful.

    Do you not see it lovesick and distraught?

  2. وكُن له من وَجدهِ ناصراً

    لا زلتَ مِما نابَهُ سالِما

    And be its helper against its passionate grief;

    may you always be safe from what befell it.

  3. يا غُصُناً يشرقُ نورٌ به

    يهتَز قي قامتهِ ناعِما

    O branch in which a light shines,

    swaying gently in its form.

  4. كَم لَيلةٍ أسهَرنيها الهَوى

    قد يَنتَهي عَن سَهري نائِما

    Many a night has love kept me awake;

    he may turn away from my sleeplessness, asleep.

  5. وقال أيضاً:

    السريع

    And he also said:

    Al-Sarīʿ (the swift meter)

  6. ظَفَرتَ بالقلبِ فكُن راحِما

    أما تَراهُ دَنِفاً هائِما

    You have won the heart, so be merciful.

    Do you not see it lovesick and distraught?

  7. وكُن له من وَجدهِ ناصراً

    لا زلتَ مِما نابَهُ سالِما

    And be its helper against its passionate grief;

    may you always be safe from what befell it.

  8. يا غُصُناً يشرقُ نورٌ به

    يهتَز قي قامتهِ ناعِما

    O branch in which a light shines,

    swaying gently in its form.

  9. كَم لَيلةٍ أسهَرنيها الهَوى

    قد يَنتَهي عَن سَهري نائِما

    Many a night has love kept me awake;

    he may turn away from my sleeplessness, asleep.