1. Is love anything but what melts the hardness of youth?
If it does not melt you, there is no good in love.
١. هل الحبُّ إلاَّ ما أذاب حشا الصبِّ
فإن لم تذبْ فيه فلا خيرَ في الحبِّ
2. The best of your intimate friends is the purest one,
Whose affection remains in your absence and presence.
٢. وخيرُ خليليكَ الصفيين من صفا
لك الودُّ منه في بعادك والقرب
3. Though far, he stays up at night as if
He tries to count the stars with his eyelids.
٣. على النأي يمسي ذا جفونُ كأنّما
تكلَّف أن يحصي بها عدد الشهب
4. There is no good in the affection of one
Whom you constantly reproach, and he is about to disappear with the reproach.
٤. ولا خير في ود امرئٍ تستديمه
بعتبٍ وأوشك أن يزول مع العتب
5. Have you not seen me being faithful in my love for Majid
As if his heart has turned into mine for what has afflicted me?
٥. ألم ترني أصفيتُ ودِّي لماجدٍ
كأَنَّ على ما نابني قلبُه قلبي