1. لولا تعلل قلبي حين أذكركم

    لما قضيت من الأيام أوطارا

    Were it not for the solace my heart finds when I remember you,

    I would have fulfilled no desires in all my days.

  2. وإن لبي لولا ذكر ربعكم

    وضع كفي عليه جن أوطار

    And indeed my heart, were it not for remembering your dwelling

    and laying my palm upon it, would have gone mad or flown away [wording uncertain].

  3. لو قربوا النار من قلبي لأحرقها

    وزادها من لهيب الوجد مقدارا

    Were they to bring fire near my heart, my heart would burn it up,

    and add to it a measure of longing’s blaze.

  4. فهل رأيت فؤاداً أين منه لظى

    وهل سمعت بقلب أحرق النارا

    Then have you seen a heart—what is blazing fire compared with it?

    And have you heard of a heart that burned fire itself?