1. يا كتابَ الحبيبِ أفدي حُروفاً

    فيك قد كلّمَتْ حشًى كلّمَتْهُ

    O letter of the beloved, I would give my life for the letters

    Within you that spoke to a heart they wounded.

  2. شفَتي قد شفَتْ فؤادي لمّا

    قبّلَتْهُ لراحة قلّبَتْهُ

    My lip healed my heart when

    It kissed it, for the sake of a palm that had turned it over.