1. وَحقِّكِ يا مُنيتِي ما أحَب

    فُؤادِي سوَاكِ وأنتِ الأرب

    By your honor, O my desire, none has been loved

    By my heart but you; you are its longing.

  2. تَملَّكَ حبُّكِ مني الحشَا

    وأضنَى فُؤادِي ودَمعِي انسَكَب

    Your love has possessed my inmost heart,

    And worn out my heart, and my tears have poured forth.

  3. إذا رُمتُ نوما جَفتِني جُفُوني

    وقالت إِذا نِمت لستَ بِصبُ

    When I seek sleep, my eyelids forsake me,

    And say, 'If you sleep, you are no lovesick lover.'

  4. فأُغمِضُ جَفنِي عسَانِي أرَى

    خيالَكِ وهوَ أعزُّ الطَّلَبُ

    So I close my eyelid, hoping I may see

    Your image, the dearest thing I seek.

  5. أمولاتي حُسنُكِ حُسنُ البدُور

    ولَحظُكِ يحكِي سيُوف الغَرَب

    O my lady, your beauty is the beauty of full moons,

    And your glance resembles keen-edged swords.

  6. وثَغرُكِ مَبسمه جوهَرٌ

    وياقوتَةُ السَّن ذاتُ لَهَبُ

    And your mouth—its smile is a jewel,

    And the ruby of the tooth is aflame.

  7. ووجهُكِ بدرٌ ولكنَّهُ

    علَى مُقلتِي دائما مُحتَجَب

    And your face is a full moon, yet it is

    Always veiled from my eye.

  8. ولُطفِك لًطفُ النسيمِ إذا

    على الوردِ في الرَّوضِ مرَّ وهَب

    And your gentleness is the breeze's gentleness when

    It passes and blows over the roses in the garden.

  9. كلامُكِ يفعلُ في مُهجَتِي

    كفِعل الحُسَام إذا ما ضرَب

    Your words work upon my heart's core

    As a sharp sword does when it strikes.

  10. وإسمُكِ مهمَا جرَى ذكرُهُ

    تكَهرَبَ جِسمي وقلبِي اضَطرب

    And whenever your name is mentioned,

    My body is electrified, and my heart trembles.

  11. وفيكِ الجمالُ وفيكِ الدلال

    وفيكِ الكمالُ وفيكِ الأدَب

    And in you is beauty, and in you is coyness,

    And in you is perfection, and in you is refinement.

  12. أيا مُنيتِي أيا بُغيَتِي

    يا مُقلتِي ارحَمِي مَن أحَب

    O my desire, O my sought-for one,

    O my eye, have mercy on the one who loves.

  13. أمولاتي بُعدُكِ لستُ أطِي

    قُه قُولي بالله هل مِن سَبب

    O my lady, your distance I cannot

    Bear; tell me, by God, is there a reason?

  14. فلَو كنتِ تَدرينَ ما بالحَشا

    لكان فُؤادُكِ عندِي انجَذّب

    For if you knew what lies in my inmost heart,

    Your heart would be drawn to me.

  15. لقد كتَب اللهُ مالِي جرَى

    وإِني لَرَاضٍ بمَا قد كَتَب

    God has indeed written what has befallen me,

    And I am truly content with what He has written.

  16. وشاء وشاءت إرادَتُهُ

    اعيشُ حليفَ الهوىَ والنَّصَب

    And He willed, and His will ordained

    That I live a companion of passion and weariness.

  17. فيا ربِّ إن كنتَ قدَّرت أن

    تَرى كُرَبَتِي فوق كلِّ الكُرَب

    So, my Lord, if You have decreed that

    You should see my anguish above all anguish,

  18. فهَب لِيَ قَلبا قويا صَبُورا

    علَى الهجرِ والبُعدِ مهما اكتَأب

    Then grant me a strong, patient heart,

    Through estrangement and distance, however grieved it grows;

  19. وطَرفا إذا بَات بِي سَاهِرا

    إلَى أن يَرى الضَّوء نامَ وغَب

    And an eye that, when it stays awake with me all night

    Till it sees the light, then sleeps and retires;

  20. وإن باتَ يسكُبُ من دمعِه

    إلَى الفجرِ يَكفِيهِ ما قد سَكَب

    And if it spends the night pouring out its tears

    Till dawn, may what it has shed suffice it;

  21. وفِكرا إذا طَار بِي في الفَضَا

    وعَاد يَعِي ما رَأى ورَقَب

    And a mind that, when it soars with me through space,

    Returns aware of what it saw and observed;

  22. وقَلبا إذا ما تَردَّد فِي

    سُلُوِّ الحبِيب قضَى ما وَجَب

    And a heart that, if it hesitates about

    Forgetting the beloved, does what it must.

  23. وأعرِفُ قلبِي إذا قال لي

    سَيسلُوكَ يا مُنيِتي قد كَذَب

    And I know that my heart, when it tells me

    It will forget you, O my desire, has lied.

  24. لذاكَ إذا مِتُّ لا تَعجَبِي

    نعَم إِن أنا عِشتُ فَاقضِي العَجَب

    So if I die, do not be surprised;

    Yes—if I live, then marvel to your heart's content.

  25. كذا قد قَضَى الله ما قد قَضَى

    فأهلاً بِما قد قَضَى وكَتَب

    Thus God has decreed what He has decreed,

    So I welcome what He has decreed and written.