1. فديتُك من مُقبل معرضٍ

    بليلٍ بهيم وصبح مُضي

    May I be your ransom, you who draw near yet turn away,

    With a pitch-black night and a radiant dawn,

  2. بوجه له الحسن مستحسنٌ

    يريك المورَّد في الأبيض

    With a face that makes beauty itself seem beautiful,

    Showing you rose-red amid white.

  3. وفي فيك يا سيِّدي حسرة

    ستفنى الحياة ولا تنقضي

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

    Life will perish, but 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 choose estrangement for one already content.