1. بذلتُ فيكم لنار الشّوق أحشائي

    ولم تَفُزْ بعدكم بالنّوم عَيْنائي

    For you, I offered my entrails to the fire of longing.

    And after your departure, my two eyes won no sleep.

  2. أحببتُكم حُبَّ مطبوعٍ عليه وما

    تَرْضى بفعلكُم بي فيّ أعدائي

    I loved you with the love of one born to it; and not even

    my enemies would approve of your treatment of me.

  3. لا تَحذَروا إن دنوتم في الهوى مَلَلي

    ولا تَخافوا سُلُوِّي عند إقصائي

    If you draw near in love, do not fear my growing weary,

    nor fear my ceasing to love when I am cast away.

  4. فإنّ قلبيَ لم أملِكْه دونَكُم

    يوماً فأَحْمِلَه فيكم على رائي

    For I have not possessed my heart apart from you

    for a single day, to bend it to my judgment concerning you.

  5. لو كان حبّك عن أمري لحاجته

    لَمَا غدتْ خُصَمائي فيك أهوائي

    If my love for you arose at my command, out of need for it,

    my desires would not have become my adversaries over you.