1. How can I find peace when his eyes
Are narrators of the white page's beauty?
١. كَيفَ القَرارُ لِمُهجَتى وَعُيونُه
عَن صَفحَة البيض المَواضى راوِيَه
2. Alas, what a passion has settled in me,
A fire - though the maidens know not what it may be.
٢. آها لَها مِن مُهجَة ثبت بِها
نار وَما دَرى العَواذِل ما هيه
3. A longing that burns and destroys,
No wonder it's called a blazing fire.
٣. شَوق تَكون مِن سَعير مُحرِق
لا غرو اِن يُدعي بِنار حامِيَه
4. Glances have judged, yet never seen -
If only they were a judge decreeing union!
٤. قَضَت اللَواحِظَ بِالصُدودِ وَما رَئَت
يا لَيتَها كانَت بِوَصلِ قاضِيَه