1. As if the two candles, when they rose,
Were the flushed cheeks of a beautiful lad
١. كأنّما الشمعتان إذ سمَتا
خدّ غلام محسن الغَيَدِ
2. And in the river's dark bed their rays
Made a fiery path of love into my heart
٢. وفي حشا النّهر من شعاعهما
طريق نار الهوى الى كبدي