1. يا صادِحاً يَشدو عَلى غُصن بان

    رِفقاً فَإِن الصَبر وَاللَه بان

    O songbird, warbling on a bān-tree bough,

    Be gentle, for patience, by God, has departed.

  2. ما في جناني يا حَمام الحِمى

    وَالقَلب إِلّا ذكر تِلكَ الجِنان

    In my soul, O doves of the sanctuary,

    And in my heart is only the memory of those gardens.

  3. إِذا ذكرت الربع داني الجَنى

    بتُّ كَما باتَ صَريع الدنان

    When I recall the dwelling with its low-hanging fruit,

    I pass the night as one felled by wine jars does.

  4. أَصبو إِذا هَبَّت نَسيم الصَبا

    وَكانَ عَهدي لِلصِبا صَبوَتان

    I yearn when the east wind's breeze blows,

    And two youthful passions were my bond with youth.

  5. أَهوى البُدور التمّ فيما رَوَت

    عَن حُسن هاتيك الوُجوه الحِسان

    I love the moons at their fullest for what they tell

    Of the beauty of those lovely faces—

  6. مِن كُلِّ شَمس تَحتَ فَجر الطلى

    في لَيل شعرٍ طَلع الفرقدان

    Each one a sun: beneath the dawn of necks,

    In a night of hair, the two Farqad stars rose.