1. يا جارتا رحماك في دنفٍ

    ناء بلا خدن ولا خلّ

    O my neighbor, have mercy on one sick with love,

    Far away, without companion or friend,

  2. يطوي الليالي وهو متكئب

    دامي الفؤاد مشتت الشمل

    He passes the nights in dejection,

    His heart bleeding, his bonds torn apart.

  3. إني غريب الدار في وطني

    رغم الصحاب وكثرة الأهل

    I am a stranger at home, in my own land,

    Despite friends and a multitude of kin.

  4. كم بت وحدي ليس يؤنسني

    غير النجوم إذا دجا ليلي

    How often I have spent the night alone, with nothing to keep me company

    But the stars, when my night grew dark.

  5. لما عرفتك والهوى قدر

    أضحى خيالك في الدجا شغلي

    When I came to know you—and love is fate—

    Your image became my preoccupation in the darkness.

  6. فقوامك الريان تيمني

    يا فتنة الأبصار والعقل

    For your lush figure has enthralled me,

    O enchantment of the eyes and mind.

  7. وسهام لحظك أوهنت جلدي

    فلحاظها أمضى من النصل

    And the arrows of your glance have sapped my endurance;

    For her glances are sharper than a blade.

  8. باللَه لا تقسي على كبدي

    فأنا صريع الأعين النجل

    By God, do not be cruel to my liver,

    For I am felled by those wide eyes.

  9. فإذا قسوت علي يا أملي

    وأطعت فينا ألسن العذل

    So if you are cruel to me, O my hope,

    And heed the tongues of reproach concerning us,

  10. أيقنتُ أنك قد هدرت دمي

    بل سرعت عامدة إلى قتلي

    I would be certain that you had made my blood forfeit—

    Nay, that you had deliberately hastened to kill me.