1. لا تَلُمني عَلى الهَوى

    فَالهَوى غالبُ الجَلد

    Do not blame me for love,

    for love conquers the steadfast.

  2. أيّما صالِحٍ مَضى

    بِهَوى البيضِ ما فَسد

    What righteous man has ever lived

    whom love of fair-skinned women did not corrupt?

  3. لَيسَ يَنجو مِن أن يصا

    دَ بِحَبل الهوى أَحد

    No one escapes being caught

    in the cord of love.

  4. أَنا أَهواه ظالِماً

    مخلفاً ما بهِ وعد

    I love him, though he wrongs me

    and fails to keep his promise.

  5. كلّما قُمت طالباً

    وَصلهُ في الهَوى قَعد

    Whenever I rise to seek

    union with him in love, he sits back.

  6. وَإِذا ما نَفى وشر

    رَدَ عنّي الكرى رَقد

    And when he has banished and driven

    slumber away from me, he sleeps.