1. يا مليحَ الوجهِ لِمْ فع

    لُكَ لي غيرُ مَليحِ

    O fair of face, why is your conduct

    Toward me not fair?

  2. إنّ مَنْ يبذلُ نفساً

    في الهوى غيرُ شحيحِ

    Indeed, whoever gives his soul

    In love is not stingy.

  3. لم تَخِرْ جسمِيَ فَرْداً

    لَكَ معْ حسمِيَ روحي

    You did not choose my body alone;

    My soul is yours along with my [body].

  4. والهوى بَلْوى ولكنْ

    لسقيمٍ بصحيحِ

    And love is an affliction, yet

    For one who is ailing, through one who is well.

  5. كم ليالٍ سَهَرِي في

    كَ غَبوقي وصَبوحِي

    How many nights has my sleeplessness over

    You been my evening draught and morning drink!

  6. بِتّ أشكو غُصص الحب

    بِ إلى غير مُريحِ

    I spent the night lamenting love's choking pangs

    To one who gives no relief.

  7. لو خطانِي جُرحُهُ وقْ

    تاً لداويتُ جُروحي

    If its wound passed me by

    For a while, I would heal my wounds.

  8. لِي بكاءٌ من دمٍ صِرْ

    فٍ من الجَفْنِ القريحِ

    My weeping is of blood,

    Pure, from a wounded eyelid.

  9. كُلّما اِستَبدلتُ أُبْدلْ

    تُ قبيحاً بقبيحِ

    Whenever I seek a change, I am given

    Ugliness in exchange for ugliness.

  10. وإذا طاوعتُ أمر ال

    حُبِّ عاصيتُ نصيحي

    And when I obey the command of

    Love, I disobey my adviser.