1. I find myself turning away
Though once I was so restrained

2. If only love would let me be
In silence I would have remained

3. When I wish, aloof I stay
Yet I cannot help but yearn

4. By God, I have no patience
For this lifelong frustration

5. Sulayma, I have no composure
If you allow, I will come to you

6. A thousand kisses I would give
All my love and praise imbue

7. Can I profess, with such deceit
Love for Sulayma, from Beirut?

8. A gazelle, with darkening eyes
Pure brow and shining light