1. لو أنّ كُلَّ لِسَانٍ لِي يُعَبِّرُ مَا

    عِندِي لَكُمْ من صَبَابَاتٍ وأَشْواقِ

    If every tongue of mine were to express what

    I hold for you of ardent love and longing,

  2. كَلَّتْ وألْفيْتُ مَاضِي ما تَفُوهُ بِهِ

    أدنَى وأيْسر مقْدَاراً من البَاقِي

    it would grow weary, and I would find what it had already uttered

    lesser and slighter in measure than what remained.