1. أَيا رَبَّة الطَّرفِ الّذي مِن سِهامِهِ

    يَذوبُ فُؤادي ثمَّ تَبقى النّصولُ

    O mistress of the gaze, from whose arrows

    My heart melts, and then the arrowheads remain;

  2. ويا رَبَّةَ الثَّغرِ الشّهيِّ كَلامه

    وَمِنهُ عَلَينا قَد تَدورُ شَمولُ

    And O mistress of the mouth whose speech is sweet,

    And from it wine indeed comes round to us;

  3. وَيا مُهجَةَ الأَرواحِ رَيحانَة الحَشا

    وَإِنسانَ طرفِ الحُسنِ وَهوَ كَحيلُ

    And O lifeblood of souls, sweet basil of the bosom,

    And pupil of beauty's eye, which is lined with kohl;

  4. وَيا خوطَ بانِ الحُسنِ رَنَّحهُ الصَّبا

    ويا مَنْ بِأَحداقِ المَهاةِ تَصولُ

    And O slender branch of beauty's bān tree, swayed by the east wind,

    And O you who assail with an oryx's eyes;

  5. عَلَيها قُلوبُ العاشِقين حَوائِمٌ

    تَحومُ عَلَيها همُّهن نُزولُ

    Around her the lovers' hearts hover,

    They circle around her, intent on alighting.

  6. لِماذا حَياةَ الرّوحِ عَنكِ طَردتِني

    وَمِلتِ لِغَيري وَهوَ عنكِ يَحولُ

    Why, O life of the soul, did you drive me from you,

    And turn to another, while he turns away from you?

  7. وَإِنّي أَخو عِشقٍ عَديم وجودِهِ

    وَلَيسَ لَهُ في العاشِقينَ مَثيلُ

    And I possess a love found nowhere else,

    And it has no equal among lovers.

  8. وَما كلُّ مَن قَد يَدَّعي العشقَ مُغرَمٌ

    وَما كُلُّ خِلٍّ في الأَنامِ خَليلُ

    And not everyone who claims love is love-stricken,

    And not every friend among mankind is an intimate friend.

  9. رَجَحت أُهيلَ العِشقِ فيكِ صَبابةً

    وَإِنّ غَرامي شاهِدٌ وَدَليلُ

    I have outweighed love's little band in longing for you,

    And indeed my passion is witness and proof.

  10. وَعَيناكِ ثمّ القَلبُ مِنكِ وَلَوعَتي

    شُهودُ ثِقاتٍ لا اِرتِيابَ عدولُ

    And your two eyes, then your heart, and my anguish,

    Are trustworthy, upright witnesses, beyond doubt.

  11. وَإِن كُنتِ فيما قُلته في تَرَدُّدٍ

    دَعاكِ إِلَيهِ كَالوشاةِ عَذولُ

    And if you are in doubt about what I have said,

    Urged to it by a reproacher, like the slanderers,

  12. زَني القَومُ حتّى تَعلَمي عِندَ وَزنِهم

    إِذا رفعَ الميزانُ كَيفَ أَميلُ

    Weigh the people, so that, when weighing them, you may know,

    When the balance is lifted, how I tip the scales.