1. أَيا جَبَلَ الدومِ الَّذي في ظِلالِهِ

    غَزالانِ مَكحولانِ مُؤتَلِفانِ

    O Mount al-Dawm, in whose shade

    are two kohl-eyed gazelles, living in harmony.

  2. غَزالانِ شَبّا في نَعيمٍ وَغِبطَةٍ

    مِنَ الناسِ مَذعورانِ مُحتَبِسانِ

    Two gazelles who grew up in bliss and happiness,

    frightened of people, keeping themselves secluded.

  3. خَليلَيَّ أَمّا أُمُّ عَمروٍ فَمِنهُما

    وَأَمّا عَنِ الأُخرى فَلا تَسَلاني

    My two friends, Umm Amr is one of them;

    and as for the other, do not ask me.

  4. أَفي كُلِّ يَومٍ أَنتَ آتٍ دِيارَها

    بِعَينَينِ إِنساناهُما غَرِقانِ

    Do you come to her dwellings every day,

    with eyes whose pupils are drowned in tears?

  5. إِذا اِغرَورَقَت عَينايَ قالَ صَحابَتي

    لَقَد أولِعَت عَيناكَ بِالهَمَلانِ

    When my eyes brim with tears, my companions say:

    "Your eyes have surely become addicted to streaming tears."

  6. نَأَت دارُهُم عَنّي وَفَرَّقَ بَينَنا

    جَرائِرُ جَرَّتها يَدي وَلِساني

    Their home grew distant from me, and we were parted

    by wrongs my hand and tongue had brought about.

  7. فَأَصبَحتُ عَنهُم أَجنَبِيّاً وَلَم أَكُن

    كَذاكَ عَلى بُعدٍ وَنَحنُ دَواني

    So I became a stranger to them, though I had not been

    so far removed when we were close.

  8. وَكَم مِن هَوىً لا يُستَطاعُ طِلابُهُ

    أَتى دونَهُ مَرٌّ مِنَ الحَدَثانِ

    And many a love cannot be pursued:

    a bitter turn of fate has come between.

  9. وَعَزَّيتُ نَفسي وَهيَ بَينَ صَبابَةٍ

    تَجودُ وَهَل لي بِالفُراقِ يَدانِ

    And I consoled my soul as, amid yearning,

    it ebbed away—yet have I the strength to bear separation?

  10. طَوقُ السِرَّ في نَفسي عَنِ الناسِ كُلِّهِم

    ضُلوعٌ عَلى ما يَحتَوينَ حَواني

    The girdle of the secret in my soul, hiding it from everyone,

    is formed of ribs that tenderly enfold what they contain.

  11. إِذا أَنتَ لَم تَجعَل لِنَفسِكَ شُعبَةً

    مِنَ السِرِّ ذاعَ السِرُّ كُلَّ مَكانِ

    If you do not reserve for yourself a portion

    of the secret, the secret spreads everywhere.