1. فديتُك من مُقبل معرضٍ

    بليلٍ بهيم وصبح مُضي

    May I be your ransom, you who approach yet turn away,

    With a pitch-dark night and a radiant morning,

  2. بوجه له الحسن مستحسنٌ

    يريك المورَّد في الأبيض

    With a face whose beauty is admired,

    Showing you rose-red within white.

  3. وفي فيك يا سيِّدي حسرة

    ستفنى الحياة ولا تنقضي

    And for your mouth, my lord, there is a yearning;

    Life will perish, yet that yearning will not end.

  4. سروري رضاك فَجُد لي بهِ

    ولا ترض بالهجر من قد رضي

    My joy is your favor, so grant it to me,

    And do not consent to forsake one who has been content.