1. If the critic found some of what he found
In love, he would not have denied it so

2. He advises me to be patient, but passion
By Allah! Gives me no patience or composure

3. Ask those engulfed by the catastrophe of separation
That forces upon my liver an eternal bond

4. The sweetness of a tight embrace that has acquainted
Our two souls into one body

5. We were tested when reproach crept between us
We must resolve to face the inevitable separation

6. The son of Musa is peerless in nobility
I seek refuge for him in “He is The One God”

7. He surpassed his father in supremacy and excellence
How beautifully did that comparison pan out

8. How apt for the branch to inherit the secret of its origin
And for the cub to assume the manner of lions

9. From the house of Yaghmour, whose glory
Spans across generations of fathers and sons

10. Say to the envious enemy who has declared war on their sky
When he saw their flaming meteors

11. Lions pay no heed to powerless hyenas
So how can they possibly heed mere criticism

12. Ask the dark night when it descends
And their wakefulness kindles the eyes of the sleepy

13. Their swords are unsheathed but
Bodies appear through bodies

14. Green and red as if they were
Arms of lovers above cheeks