1. إِذا غابَ عَن عَيني أَقول سَلَوتُهُ

    وَإِن لاحَ حالَ اللَونُ فَاضطرب القَلب

    When he is absent from my sight, I say, “I have forgotten him.”

    But if he appears, my complexion changes and my heart trembles.

  2. يُهَيّجُني عَيناهُ وَالمبسمُ الَّذي

    بِهِ المسكُ مَنظومٌ بِهِ اللُؤلؤُ الرَّطبُ

    I am stirred by his eyes and the smiling mouth in which

    There is musk, and within which moist pearls are strung.