1. مُذْ زادَ بيَ الوجدُ يا من راحَ يعذلني

    أضحى بلا آخرٍ فالعذل ما نجعا

    Ever since longing grew within me, O you who went on blaming me,

    That longing became endless—for reproach availed nothing.

  2. أنفقتُ ريعان عمري في الغرام على

    وردِ الخدودِ فما راءٍ كمن سمعا

    I spent the first bloom of my life in passion for

    the roses of cheeks—for one who sees is not like one who has heard.