1. يَامَن لِقَلبٍ لا يُطِي

    عُ الزَّاجِرينَ وَلا يُفيق

    Who will aid a heart that will not obey

    those who rebuke it, nor come to its senses?

  2. تَسلُو قُلُوبُ ذَوِي الهَوى

    وَهُوَ المُكَلَّفُ والمَشُوق

    The hearts of lovers find solace,

    while it is love-stricken and full of longing.

  3. تَبَلَت حَبَابَةُ قَلبَهُ

    بالدَّلِ والشَّكلِ الأَنِيق

    Hababa has made his heart lovesick

    with coquetry and elegant appearance,

  4. وَبعَينِ أَحوَرَ يَرتَعي

    سَقطَ الكثيبِ منَ العَقِيق

    and with the eye of a dark-eyed creature grazing

    at the foot of a dune in al-Aqiq.

  5. مَكحُولةً بالسِّحرِ تُن

    شِي نَشوَةَ الخَمرِ العَتيق

    Kohled with magic, it induces

    the intoxication of aged wine.

  6. هَيفاءَ إِن هي أَقبَلَت

    لاَحَت كَطَالِعَةِ الشُروق

    Slender-waisted, when she comes forward,

    she shines like the sun at its rising.

  7. والرِّدفُ مثلُ نَقَاً تلَ

    بَّدَ فهو زُحلوقٌ زَلُوق

    And her rump is like a sand dune, densely

    packed; it is a smooth, slippery slope.

  8. في دُرَّةِ الأَصدافِ مُع

    تَنِفاً بها رَدعُ الخَلُوق

    Upon a pearl from the shells, freshly

    applied to her, lies the stain of saffron perfume.

  9. دَاوي هَوايَ وَأَطفِئي

    ما في الفُؤَادِ مِنَ الحَريق

    Cure my passion, and extinguish

    the fire within my heart.

  10. وتَرَفَّقي أَمَلي فَقَد

    كَلَّفتِني مَالاَ أُطِيق

    And be gentle, my hope, for

    you have burdened me with what I cannot bear.

  11. في القلبِ مِنكِ جَوى المُحب

    بِّ وَرَاحةُ الصَبِّ الشَقِيق

    Within my heart, from you, is a lover's anguish

    and the solace of the kindred, lovesick lover.

  12. هَذَا يَقُودُ برُّمَتي

    قَوداً إِلَيكِ وَذَا يَسُوق

    This leads me by my tether,

    leading me to you, while that drives me on.

  13. يا نَفسُ قَد كَلَّفتِني

    تَعَبَ الهَوى مِنها فَذُوق

    O my soul, you have burdened me

    with the weariness of loving her—so taste it!

  14. إِن كُنتِ تَائِقةً لح

    رِّ صَبَابةٍ منها فَتُوق

    If you yearn for the heat

    of passionate longing for her, then yearn!