1. طالَ عليَّ ليلي

    وليلكم في قِصَرِ

    My night has grown long for me,

    while your night is brief.

  2. من نامَ ملءَ العينِ لا

    يعرفُ أهلَ السهرِ

    Whoever sleeps soundly does not

    know those who lie awake.

  3. فسائلوا ريحَ الصبا

    تنبيكم عن خبري

    So ask the east wind;

    it will tell you of my plight.

  4. يا قمرَ الآفاقِ هل

    سرقتَ حسنَ قمري

    O moon of the horizons, have you

    stolen the beauty of my moon?

  5. فأنتَ مثلُ وجهها

    والليلُ مثلُ الشعرِ

    For you are like her face,

    and the night is like her hair.

  6. ذاتُ الجفونِ قتلتْ

    بصارمٍ منكسرِ

    She of the eyelids has slain me

    with a broken blade.

  7. تلينُ في حديثها

    وقلبها كالحجرِ

    She is gentle in her speech,

    yet her heart is like stone.

  8. وأعقدَ الثديانِ في

    قوامها كالثمرِ

    And the two breasts have taken shape on

    her figure like fruit.

  9. لهفي على دهرٍ مضى

    معَ الليالي الغررِ

    Alas for a time gone by

    with the radiant nights!

  10. مرَّ بها فلم تكنْ

    إلا كلمحِ البصرِ

    It passed with them; they were no more

    than the blink of an eye.

  11. أماتني هذا الهوى

    قبلَ انقضاءِ العُمُرِ

    This passion has killed me

    before life's span was over.

  12. أوقعني في خطرٍ

    من منقذي من خطري

    It has cast me into peril;

    who will save me from my peril?

  13. لا تعذلوني إنهُ

    حكمُ القضا والقدرِ

    Do not reproach me; it is

    the decree of fate and destiny.